Here are the dates of Canadian recessions. This will help:
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/recession
Recession in Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia
A recession is a temporary period of time when the overall economy declines; it is an expected part of the business cycle. This period usually includes declines in industrial and agricultural production, trade, incomes, stock markets, consumer spending, and levels of employment. In purely technical …
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b) Plot the above data against general unemployment rates and inflation rates for the same period. What can you offer as an analysis?
So use the data for deficit/GDP and Debt/GDP, then plot also data from unemployment and inflation (general, don't use unemployment by province, or gender or age). Comments on those.
c) Plot separately data (1970 onwards) for fiscal spending on capital spending and for current account in Canada. What do you notice? How do these change through the cycles?