WOW 32%...that's a big chunk of GDP to be coming from a government that is charging it's way towards bankruptcy...after this recession plays out, i hope there is going to be some serious belt tightening

as near as i can figger, canada's total federal/provincial/local government spending is about $500 billion, and the GDP is about $1.3 trillion...the usa has 10 times the population of canada so the proportion of total government spending to GDP is about the same even though you guys don't have to plow snow off all your highways for 9 months a year