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Finance Minister Jim Flaherty tabled a budget Thursday that projected growth and few surprises as it tries to slay the $26 billion federal deficit by 2015. But how did Ottawa get to this point and how do all the financials break down? Drawing from Department of Finance data, figures from the Royal Bank of Canada and numbers from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, we offer a breakdown of Canada’s financial past and present.



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