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Finance Minister Bill Morneau said the government wants to continue to show Canada is fiscally responsible, while ensuring they’re prepared in case of any volatility.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau said on Sunday that the federal government will often need to work together with provinces on various files and said that will include universal pharmacare and Canada student grants.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau said hypotheticals about the future size of the deficit depend on the economy. The keys to economic success, he says, are the debt-to-GDP ratio, AAA credit rating and capacity to deal with challenges.

Tue, Apr 18: Bill Morneau speaks with Global News anchor Alan Carter after his meeting with Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa and Toronto Mayor John Tory about what’s being done to address the GTA’s red-hot housing market.

Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre said that while the ethics commissioner may have found Finance Minister Bill Morneau did not break federal conflict of interest rules, his choices still shows “bad judgement” on his part.

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau called out once again what he described as “deliberate attempts to frustrate” the Trans Mountain pipeline on the part of BC Premier John Horgan.

Breaking with the position of the BC government, federal finance minister Bill Morneau told reporters in Ottawa Wednesday morning that in the government’s opinion, Trans Mountain “clearly” falls under federal jurisdiction.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau says if Kinder Morgan wants to abandon plans to build the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, there are plenty of other investors out there willing to take up the cause.

Global News Morning Calgary’s Doug Vaessen talks about what federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau said the government would do to encourage the development of the Trans Mountain expansion project.

Opposition leader Andrew Scheer and Finance Minister Bill Morneau immediately were rebuked by the Speaker of the House after clashing mover the government’s purchase of the Trans Mountain project.

Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer asked Finance Minister Bill Morneau Tuesday how much of the government’s multi-billion dollar purchase of the Trans Mountain expansion project will be spent in Canada.

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau told the House of Commons Tuesday that the purchase of the existing Trans Mountain pipeline is about obtaining “valuable assets” for future use or sale.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau said the decision to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline was to meet goals they laid out, including project certainty and ensuring the pipeline moved forward immediately.

Speaking at a steel mill in Hamilton, ON Finance Minister Bill Morneau called the reasoning behind U.S. tariffs on steel to be “invalid” and reiterated the position that Canada is not a security threat.

During Monday’s Question period, B.C., Conservative Deputy Leader Lisa Raitt criticized the government’s handling of the Trans Mountain pipeline and asked Finance Minister Bill Morneau what his plan is to get the pipeline built.

Canada’s finance minister is set to impose tariffs to protect the country’s steel industry. As Sean O’Shea reports, Bill Morneau is using a piece of legislation that the government has never relied on before in an effort to prevent foreign steel from being dumped at lower prices.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau is set to impose tariffs to protect Canada’s steel industry. As Seán O’Shea reports, Morneau is using a piece of legislation that the government has never relied on before in an effort to prevent foreign steel from being dumped at lower prices.

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Monday Ottawa was not committed to any funding for Alberta’s oil-by-rail plan, adding that government’s focus remains on getting Trans Mountain built.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau wouldn’t comment Thursday if there was “implicit pressure” on Jody Wilson-Raybould to intervene in the SNC-Lavalin case and said his job was to continue ensuring Canadians can get jobs. Morneau also wouldn’t comment on allegations he and his office pressured her to intervene.

Former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould described for the House of Commons justice committee the pressure she received from Finance Minister Bill Morneau on the SNC-Lavalin file to, as she said Morneau pressured her to consider possible job losses in the province of Quebec.