Liberal Budget

• Liberal budget bill passed by House of Commons after Tory filibuster

  The House of Commons passed the Liberal government's budget bill today, which seeks to roll out vast new incentives for clean energy and expending dental care subsidies.

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2023
  
• Conservatives threaten delay to federal budget with 900 proposed amendments

  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said his party will put forward 900 amendments to the federal budget. He is threatening to use procedural tools to delay passage of the budget.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2023
  
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• Kingston-area MPs react to federal budget

  Politicians from the Kingston, Ont., region – Liberal MP Mark Gerretsen and Conservative MP Ryan Williams – share their thoughts on the 2023 federal budget.

  Politics

  Mar 29, 2023
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• Budget 2022 and Canada’s incredible disappearing deficits

  The annual deficit has shrunk by $275B in two years, even as the government announced new initiatives. What gives? Economist Jim Stanford looks at the red line of Budget 2022.

  Commentary

  Apr 9, 2022
• Budget 2022 comes ‘nowhere close’ the Liberals’ lofty rhetoric on defence spending

  Despite the Liberal government's earlier hints of a funding boost, Budget 2022 means Canada's defence spending will be only 1.5% of GDP by later this decade, Jeffrey Collins says.

  Commentary

  Apr 8, 2022
• 2 prime ministers named Trudeau, 2 minority governments — and 2 very different budgets

  In 2022, Justin Trudeau leads a minority Liberal government propped up by the NDP, just like his father in 1973. Yet as Howard Anglin explains, budget 2022 reveals differences.

  Commentary

  Apr 8, 2022
• NDP expecting no ‘surprises’ in federal budget, want Liberals to honour spending promises

  The New Democrats are confident there will be ``no surprises'' in the federal budget and that the Liberals will honour spending pledges made in their confidence and supply pact.

  Politics

  Apr 7, 2022
• ‘A step forward’: Budget earmarks funds for upgrade of North American defences

  The budget included more than $100 billion in new spending over the next few years. Of that, $163 million has been earmarked for what the government calls NORAD modernization.

  Canada

  Apr 24, 2021
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• Quebec disappointed federal budget didn’t increase health transfers

  In the wake of Monday's federal budget announcement, Quebec politicians are upset that their No.1 request — increased transfer payments for health care — was not fulfilled.

  Economy

  Apr 20, 2021
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• Post-COVID-19 Canada: What the federal budget tells us about the end of the pandemic

  In the first budget in over two years, the Liberals laid out their vision for a post-COVID Canada -- and dropped some hints about when a post-COVID Canada could become reality.

  Canada

  Apr 20, 2021