Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has introduced the latest federal budget, with 535-billion-dollars in spending and a 39.8-billion-dollar deficit.
That compares to projected spending of 497.5-billion and a deficit of 40-billion dollars last year.
Freeland says much of the spending plan is aimed at creating generational fairness for younger Canadians.
She says it’s harder for younger Canadians to establish themselves right now, and that’s unhealthy for the country.
The government plans to spend 2-point-6 billion on measures to ease the cost of education and help create jobs.