Is an increase from 2.6 % of GDP in 1981 to 3.1 % of GDP in 2012 unsustainable?  Yes, I suppose so, if this rate of increase continues
for another few centuries. The same argument the CFIB makes
for municipal spending could be made
for corporate profits but far moreso.Â
After adjusting for inflation, corporate profits have increased by 245 % since 1992,
doubling as a share of GDP and growing at a rate of ten times Canadaâ $ ™ s cumulative population growth of just 23 % since 1992.
The maximum federal deduction, $ 2,500, has not changed since 2001, but between 2007 and 2016, student loan balances increased by 106 percent in real terms and the cost to the federal government of the deduction more than
doubled — rising 107 percent,
after adjusting for inflation.