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The Liberals claim their budget will create 100,000 jobs and boost national economic growth, as measured by gross domestic product, by half a percentage point per year – but not all their campaign promises were fully kept in their first budget. Vassy Kapelos takes a look at what got left out of the Federal Budget.

With many Canadians concerned with the budget forecasts in the 2016 federal budget, Global’s Chief Political Correspondent says the Liberals based all their budget projections on worst-case economic scenarios.

Rona Ambrose, the interim Conservative leader, reacted to the 2016 Federal budget and called it a “nightmare scenario” for taxpayers. Ambrose also spoke about a lack of a plan to create jobs in Canada.

March 22: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley responds the 2016 Federal Budget.

As part of the 2016 provincial budget announcement, Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa praised the new federal government of Justin Trudeau, saying it was nice to have a federal government that was actually interested in investing in Ontario again.

The Conservatives are hoping they’ve set a path to victory through the federal budget released on Tuesday. The challenge now is for the NDP and the Liberals to tell Canadians how they would spend the money and where they would steer the country. Chief Political Correspondent Tom Clark joins Dawna Friesen to discuss.

Mon, Mar 28: Financial expert Preet Banerjee looks at what families will be getting in the 2016 federal budget.

Mayor John Tory reacted to the 2016 federal budget on Tuesday and said he was pleased with how much the budget will be investing and funding into big cities across the country, including Toronto.

The Liberal Government’s 2017 Federal Budget includes the plan to extend parental leave from 12 months to 18 months. Global News sought the reaction from new mothers.

Liberal MP and Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi joined Shaye Ganam on Global News Morning to talk about the federal budget that was unveiled Wednesday.

The Congressional Budget Office released its projection for the Republicans’ health care plan on Monday, revealing that while the plan would cut about $337 billion from the budget deficit through 2026, it would also lead to 24 million fewer people having health insurance. Andy Sullivan reports.

The 2017 federal budget is dedicating $11.2 billion to cities and provinces for affordable housing over the coming decade as part of the second wave of the government’s infrastructure program.

It’s budget day in Ottawa. Legislative Bureau Chief Keith Baldrey looks at what the Trudeau Liberal’s budget means for British Columbians.

The federal government has not committed any money for important transportation projects in Montreal in its budget. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, Quebec politicians are now fighting about whose fault it is.

NDP MP Nathan Cullen criticized the Liberals on Thursday during Question Period that the 2017 Federal Budget is cutting $1.2-billion to fighting climate change.

Thu, Mar 23: The federal government has eliminated a decade-old tax deduction from the budget. As Global’s Billy Shields reports, commuters in Montreal are not happy.

During Question Period on Thursday, Minister of Health Jane Philpott said the 2017 Federal Budget allocates additional investments to support seniors, home care, palliative care, mental health and social housing.

Scott Hennig from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation joined Julia Wong at the Alberta Legislature Friday morning to discuss the debt and deficit in the provincial budget.

The Centre for Policy Alternative released its proposed federal budget on Thursday – a “progressive” approach to address the government’s “serious revenue problem”.