Canadians will spend an estimated $68.6 billion paying interest on the country’s federal and provincial government debt of $2.1 trillion
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Residents of Newfoundland and Labrador will pay the highest per capita debt interest costs this year of $2,727, followed by Quebec ; Ontario ; P.E.I. ; Manitoba ; New Brunswick ; Saskatchewan ; Nova Scotia ; Alberta and B.C. .Article contentThe $27 billion Ontario residents will pay in combined interest payments on federal and provincial debt this year is almost as much as the $30.4 billion the province will spend on hospitals.
The $10.5 billion Quebec residents will pay in interest on provincial debt alone, is more than the $10 billion the province will spend paying physicians.Article content In Alberta, residents will pay $6.7 billion in interest on their combined federal and provincial debt, more than the $5.6 billion the province spends compensating physicians.
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