So misleading these headlines are. Now some people will think Canada's national debt is $25 billion. They always fail to specifically spell it out that that's the current government's spending plan for the next fiscal YEAR.
Our actual total national debt is hovering at just over 615 billion, and rising by an estimated 11 million per day, a daily figure which this new spending plan will no doubt increase.
Canada Debt Clock December 2015
Canada's National Debt Clock : The Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- watch the numbers spin and see our debt grow on-the-fly!