Bank of Canada's balance sheet

As can be seen in these two pictures created by TD’s Credit & Interest Rate strategy group, using data from the Bank of Canada, the 1st graph shows that the size of the BoC’s balance sheet has stabilized of late. However, note that the government has been shrinking its repo book in favour of buying federal government bonds. Then the 2nd graph indicates that these federal government bonds being purchased by the BoC are increasingly at the longer end of the maturing spectrum. Is the BoC playing a major role in financing the federal government’s deficit? #absolutely

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