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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-05T17:52:37.000Z",
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  "textContent": "OTTAWA — Canada’s fiscal watchdog projects that the Carney government’s commitment to increase defence spending to at least 5 per cent of the economy will increase the federal deficit by $63 billion a year over the next decade, almost twice what the deficit is currently expected to average over the next few years.  Read More",
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