The federal deficit for 2010-11 will be $49.2 billion, according to the 2010 federal budget. It turns out that most provinces will be in the red too. (Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld)There was a time when most provincial governments brought down surplus budgets. But the recession that began in 2008 took big bites out of provincial tax revenues and by the 2009-10 fiscal year, almost every province was officially in deficit.

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