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sentences that state something as happening or true
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0 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Because of the way Prime Minister Mark Carney is spending our money, taxpayers have a lot more to worry about than the size of the federal deficit.
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taxpayers → spend → deficit
In its latest budget, the Liberals are pouring hundreds of billions of borrowed taxpayer dollars into crown corporations and other so-called arm’s length agencies to finance government programs.
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Liberals → pour → programs
These costs don’t appear in the federal books as part of the deficit.
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costs → appear → deficit
Under what’s known as accrual accounting, this spending is classified as investments, rather than liabilities, even though it’s all being financed by government debt.
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it → know → debt
Adds to debt
Unless these investments return profits above the cost of financing them, they add to the debt, which taxpayers are responsible for paying.
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taxpayers → add → debt
Parliamentary budget officer Annette Ryan warned that federal borrowing of this type is growing at more than double the rate of federal deficits over the next five years – $732.9 billion compared to $333.3 billion.
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borrowing → warn → billion
“This obscures the realities of cash debt and raises questions about whether the current fiscal framework provides a complete and transparent picture of Canada’s fiscal sustainability,” Ryan wrote.
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Ryan → obscure → sustainability
“Cash outlays drive borrowing, which … increase market debt and public debt charges, independent of how they are recorded.
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they → drive → debt
Borrowed money must be paid back with interest
There is no free lunch.
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money → borrow → interest
Money the government borrows eventually has to be paid back, with interest, no matter how the government classifies it.
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government → borrow → it
A previous PBO report warned that the feds misclassified $94 billion of operating expenses as capital investments, rendering meaningless the PM’s boast that he will balance the operating budget next year.
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he → warn → budget
In fact, Ryan wrote: “A balanced operating budget should not be interpreted as a balanced fiscal position.
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budget → write → position
By design, it includes debt-financed capital spending, meaning borrowing and debt can continue to grow while the target is being achieved.”
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target → include → spending
Kevin Lynch, a former federal deputy finance minister, warned in a Globe and Mail column that the Carney government has already spent its entire revenue windfall from high oil prices and inflation on new government programs rather than reducing deficits.
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government → warn → deficits
It’s also gambling that there will be no major global economic shocks over the next five years.
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It → gamble → years
“Canadians had better hope the budget’s two big bets pay off,” Lynch concludes, because taxpayers will be on the hook whatever happens.
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whatever → hope → hook
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