Waste and scandals $109.8B source Receipt × $109,759,000,000 Documented overruns, failures and improper payments in drained.ca's waste file How we got it frigate overrun + Trans Mountain overrun + COVID benefits to ineligible recipients + CEBA loans to ineligible recipients + cost to clean up Phoenix + SDTC funding to ineligible projects Inputs accountability.csc.overrun.2008-2022 , accountability.tmx.overrun.2013-2024 , accountability.covid.ineligible_paid.2026 , accountability.ceba.ineligible.2024-12-02 , federal.phoenix.cost_to_fix.2025 , accountability.sdtc.ineligible_funding.2017-2023 Source Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer Document The Life Cycle Cost of the Canadian Surface Combatants — A Fiscal Analysis (RP-2223-016-C) Where Summary (development and acquisition phases) Published October 27, 2022 Checked September 28, 2026 Open the source Source Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer Document The Cost of Canada's Surface Combatants Where Executive Summary, p. 1 (the original 2008 budget, in then-year dollars) Published June 1, 2017 Checked September 28, 2026 Open the source Source Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer Document Trans Mountain Pipeline – 2024 Report (RP-2425-021-S) Where Summary (total project cost estimate rose from $21.4 billion to $34.2 billion) Published November 8, 2024 Checked September 28, 2026 Open the source Source Kinder Morgan Document Trans Mountain Files Facilities Expansion Application with the National Energy Board Where News release text ('proposed $5.4 billion project') Published December 16, 2013 Checked September 28, 2026 Open the source Source CBC News Document CRA still owed over $5B in COVID-19 benefits sent to ineligible recipients Where Article body (figures the CRA provided to CBC News) Published September 18, 2026 Checked September 28, 2026 Open the source Source Office of the Auditor General of Canada Document Report 8—Canada Emergency Business Account (2024 Reports of the Auditor General) Where At a Glance Published December 2, 2024 Checked September 28, 2026 Open the source Source The Canadian Press (published by The Globe and Mail) Document Fixing Phoenix payroll problems cost Ottawa $5.1-billion, says federal official Where Paragraph quoting Alex Benay, associate deputy minister, Public Services and Procurement Canada, on the roughly $5.1 billion spent processing the backlog of Phoenix pay errors Published June 23, 2025 Checked September 28, 2026 Open the source Source Office of the Auditor General of Canada Document Report 6—Sustainable Development Technology Canada (2024 Reports of the Auditor General) Where At a Glance; Key facts and findings (8 projects, $51M; 2 Ecosystem projects, $8M) Published June 4, 2024 Checked September 28, 2026 Open the source Each item counted once, and only its overrun, failure cost or payments to people and businesses that did not qualify: never whole program costs, contract values, loans repaid, private court orders or cancelled deals.
Alberta and Ottawa $3,876 source Receipt × $3,876 Net federal balance per Albertan, 2024 How we got it net federal balance in Alberta, 2024 ÷ population of Alberta on July 1, 2024 Inputs transfers.alberta.net_federal_balance_history@2024 , population.alberta.2024-07-01 Source Statistics Canada Document Table 36-10-0450-01 Revenue, expenditure and budgetary balance - General governments, provincial and territorial economic accounts Where Alberta; Federal general government; General governments surplus or deficit; 2007 to 2024 (vector v107650174, millions of dollars) Published November 28, 2025 Checked September 28, 2026 Open the source Source Statistics Canada Document Table 17-10-0009-01 Population estimates, quarterly Where Alberta (vector v15), July 1, 2024 Published September 23, 2026 Checked September 28, 2026 Open the source Federal revenue collected in Alberta minus federal spending in Alberta, per person. It is not Equalization.
Immigration and population 41.8M source Receipt × 41,798,407 Population of Canada, July 1, 2026 Source Statistics Canada Document Table 17-10-0009-01 Population estimates, quarterly Where Canada (vector v1), July 1, 2026 Published September 23, 2026 Checked September 28, 2026 Open the source Preliminary postcensal estimate. Statistics Canada revised its population estimates back to July 2021 on September 23, 2026 (new method for non-permanent residents).
Taxes and paycheques $48,400 source Receipt × $48,400 Median employment income, Albertans aged 15 and over with employment income, 2024 Source Statistics Canada Document Table 11-10-0239-01 Income of individuals by age group, gender and income source, Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas Where Alberta; 15 years and over; Total - Gender; Employment income; Median income (excluding zeros); 2024 (vector v107680668) Published April 29, 2026 Checked September 28, 2026 Open the source Canadian Income Survey, 2024 constant dollars. An individual measure, matching a calculator that taxes one person's income.
Debt and spending $58.7B source Receipt × $58,700,000,000 Federal public debt charges (interest on the debt), 2026-27 Source Department of Finance Canada Document Spring Economic Update 2026, Annex 1: Details of Economic and Fiscal Projections Where Table A1.9 The Expense Outlook, "Public debt charges" row, 2026-2027 column Published April 28, 2026 Checked September 28, 2026 Open the source Spring Economic Update 2026 projection (the government's plan for the year).
The referendum October 19, 2026 source Receipt × October 19, 2026 Alberta referendum voting day Source Elections Alberta Document Referendum Where Page heading "A referendum has been set for October 19, 2026." Published September 6, 2026 Checked September 28, 2026 Open the source Elections Alberta lists three Orders in Council for the referendum: O.C. 109/2026 and O.C. 110/2026 (approved March 31, 2026) and O.C. 160/2026 (approved May 28, 2026). The published date is the page's last modification.