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Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unveiled changes on Thursday aimed at making it easier for first-time buyers to break into the housing market.

The 2024 budget tabled by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland Tuesday promised to put money back into Canadians’ wallets. So what will that look like?

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland made the announcement Tuesday in Ottawa alongside other cabinet ministers, including Ya'ara Saks, the minister of mental health and addictions.

With the federal budget just weeks away, a framework for a national school food program has landed on the desk of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.

The federal government will top up the Canada Housing Benefit by $99 million, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced on Tuesday.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said the federal government is extending its ban on foreign homebuyers for another two years as part of efforts to ease Canada's housing crisis.

While purely ceremonial, the selection of the finance minister’s shoes can be a hint into what the budget may hold. Here’s a look at Canada’s fiscal footwear through the ages.

MP Ryan Turnbull says the benefit, which is designed to help keep people with disabilities out of poverty, is a 'legacy social policy' for the government.

If your boss calls, texts or emails after hours, a change being proposed in Budget 2024 could give some Canadian workers the right to ignore them.

The Liberal government's shift to allow 30-year mortgage amortizations for some first-time homebuyers will impact a 'small segment' of the housing market, a BMO economist says.

The Liberals plan on including measures in the 2024 budget to make sure the wealthiest Canadians "pay more," according to three government sources,

Moe said the province asked the federal government to deliver two things in the budget: more funding towards municipal infrastructure and for the carbon price to be removed. 

The Liberal government has already unveiled significant planks of the budget over the last few weeks during a campaign-style tour aimed at drumming up attention for their agenda. 

Freeland says housing will be a major component of the federal government's upcoming budget, due to be tabled next month.

Kent Douglas Meades is accused of stabbing a 61-year-old man in Vancouver on March 20, 2024.

The increased cash flow coincides with the launch of a new $1.5-billion drug plan to offer universal coverage for contraceptive and diabetes medications.

Tuesday's budget aims to build 3.87 million new homes by 2031, backed by $8.5 billion in spending on housing initiatives, but does B.C. have enough construction workers?

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in Montreal Sunday that the new federal investment in AI and the tech industry will promote job growth and productivity.

Toronto Police say they arrested two people at a pro-Palestinian protest, including a reporter for online media outlet Rebel News.

Starting April 1, the cost of some things in British Columbia will be going up. This includes the price of gas, which is increasing by three cents a litre.