Budget 2021

• Saskatchewan government waiting on feds’ response to $10-a-day child care plan: Premier

  The federal government’s 2021 budget introduced the plan to have $10 per day childcare across the country by 2026.

  Education

  Jul 16, 2021
  
• Canada’s luxury real estate market is on fire. Can the foreign homebuyers’ tax cool it?

  It was mostly domestic buyers driving sales of Canada's multi-million dollar homes during the past year, says Sotheby’s International Realty Canada CEO Don Kottick.

  Money

  Jul 12, 2021
  
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• Senate passes government budget, net-zero carbon bills before breaking for summer

  Two other priority bills were not passed, including changes to the Broadcasting Act to apply Canadian content rules to streaming giants and a ban on conversion therapy.

  Politics

  Jun 29, 2021
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• Canadians unmoved by new federal budget as Liberals continue strong support: poll

  The Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News found 62 per cent of Canadians who responded didn't have a positive or negative opinion of the budget.

  Canada

  Apr 26, 2021
• ‘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
• As Canada’s federal and provincial budgets swell, sales-tax increases may follow

  Fiscal woes may force Ottawa and some provinces to increase taxes after the pandemic — and the obvious move would be an increase in sales taxes, two economists say.

  Money

  Apr 22, 2021
• Small, medium-sized Alberta businesses could benefit from Canada Digital Adoption Program

  Canada's first federal budget in more than two years has finally been released. Some of the proposed funding could help Alberta businesses move to online services.

  Canada

  Apr 20, 2021
• New Brunswick mother ‘really hopeful’ about Ottawa’s childcare promise

  "I think it is a gamechanger for families in Canada," says Catherine Cross, the executive director of the Association of Early Childhood Educators of Nova Scotia

  Canada

  Apr 20, 2021
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• B.C. budget expands $10-a-day childcare, boosts pay for early childhood educators

  The NDP government's 2021 budget sees childcare spending climb by $233 million over three years, to a total of $2.3 billion by 2023-2024.

  Economy

  Apr 20, 2021
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• B.C. budget earmarks $120M to help tourism sector recover

  The 2021 budget includes $3.25 billion in COVID-19 contingency funding -- $1.1 billion of which has been left available for unanticipated spending needs in the year to come.

  Economy

  Apr 20, 2021