2021 Budget

• $500M for mental health and opioid crisis, as B.C. budget boosts health spending by $2.6B

  Health-care spending is climbing by $2.6 billion over the next three years, according to documents released Tuesday, then up to $25.4 billion by 2023-2024.

  Economy

  Apr 20, 2021
  
• COVID-19 opened ‘window of political opportunity’ to implement national childcare: Freeland

  The implementation of a childcare program would counter the drop of women in the labour force amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the finance and deputy prime minister said.

  Canada

  Apr 8, 2021
  
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• University of Manitoba Students’ Union slams tuition hike, commends program funding

  In a news release Tuesday, the U of M student union (UMSU) expressed frustration with several years' worth of operating grant reductions which it says led to the tuition hike.

  Education

  Mar 23, 2021
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• Loyalist Township residents angered over proposed property tax hike

  Citizens of Loyalist Township are pushing back against a proposed four per cent tax increase in the township's 2021 operating budget.

  Politics

  Feb 18, 2021
• Budget increase needed to help continue COVID-19 response: MLHU

  Officials with MLHU estimate they will need $7 million more than they did in 2020, as expenses related to the pandemic have skyrocketed.

  Politics

  Feb 10, 2021
• Kingston homeowners face 2.4% tax hike as pandemic hits municipal revenues

  Kingston city councillors will hear some good news and bad news when they gather virtually next week to open the 2021 budget talks.

  Canada

  Jan 22, 2021
• City of Edmonton issues 60 permanent layoff notices in light of 2021 budget

  In order to fully achieve budget impacts, further reductions will likely continue through 2021, the city said.

  Economy

  Jan 12, 2021
• London city council approves film investment, lower property tax increase for 2021 draft budget

  The 3.4-per cent increase will be $101 for the average residential taxpayer with an assessed value of $241,000 last year.

  Canada

  Dec 10, 2020
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• Phone option added for London, Ont., public participation budget meeting

  Councillors Josh Morgan and Mo Salih requested that city staff come up with another option for participation ahead of Monday's public participation meeting.

  Canada

  Dec 7, 2020
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• City gearing up to help small businesses in new preliminary budget: finance minister

  Small businesses might find relief in the pages of the city's 2021 preliminary budget.

  Economy

  Nov 21, 2020