OTTAWA — The federal government posted a deficit of $5.36 billion for the first five months of its 2026-27 fiscal year.
In its monthly fiscal monitor report, the Finance Department says the result compared with a deficit of $11.07 billion in the same April-to-August period a year earlier.
Peter Polyestre’s people are gonna try to make THE BIGGEST hay bale of this.
it’s a fraction of any of Harpo’s deficits.
It’s the only thing they have available.