During the election, the Liberal Party promised to run a deficit of around $10 billion per year, but Trudeau's Minister of Finance, Bill Morneau, announced in his first budget in March 2016 that the government would have a $29 billion deficit in 2016 and 2017.
Tijekom izbora Liberalna je stranka obećavala smanjiti deficit na 10 milijardi CAD godišnje, ali zbog smanjenja cijene nafte, ministar financija Trudeauove vlade, Bill Morneau, objavio je kako će vlada imati deficit od 29 milijardi CAD u 2016. i 2017. godini.