For instance, the federal deficit for this year, originally estimated at $50-billion, is now a modest 10% higher at $55-billion. Going forward, Mr. Flaherty laid out a slightly revised series of deficits that would still, under the best of circumstances, run the national debt up by $170-billion by 2015. That would bring Ottawa's total net debt to $628-billion, a record in nominal dollars and about $19,000 per capita...
At the end of 2008, the net debt of all the provinces stood at $274-billion. If they collectively add $100-billion over the next five years, as seems more than possible, total provincial net debt will rise to about $375-billion by the end of 2015. Add that number to the projected federal net debt of $628-billion by 2015, and Canada is suddenly looking at $1-trillion in debt, or about $30,000 per man, woman and child.