Canada Budget 2022

• Canada’s debt level is sustainable over long term, parliamentary budget officer says

  The report says that over the long term, relative to the size of their economies, provinces will face rising health-care expenses due to the aging population.

  Canada

  Jul 28, 2022
  
• Federal budget pledges supply chain fix- but experts say it’s not enough

  The extra money laid out in the budget is sure to help, but what's needed most is a cohesive approach to the overall flow of goods into and out of the country, experts say.

  Canada

  Apr 14, 2022
  
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• Tax credit, savings account will make homes more affordable, federal finance minister says

  The 2022 federal budget promised $1.5 billion in funding for the rapid housing initiative, which helps build homes quickly for vulnerable people.

  Politics

  Apr 13, 2022
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• Sky-high home prices in Canada are ‘intergenerational injustice,’ Freeland says

  Chrystia Freeland said the new federal budget includes several initiatives targeted towards first-time homebuyers, including a focus on more supply.

  Politics

  Apr 11, 2022
• Russian assets must be seized; accounts of sexual violence ‘chilling’: Freeland

  One expert said the budget marks a shift from an era of large-scale, emergency government spending to a transition period where inflation is — hopefully — a short-term phenomenon.

  Canada

  Apr 10, 2022
• Liberals’ plan for new financial crimes agency raises questions about RCMP role

  Budget 2022 proposed setting up a new law enforcement agency to investigate 'complex and fast-moving cases of financial crime,' a role currently held by the RCMP.

  Politics

  Apr 8, 2022
• Budget 2022: Liberals will put $15B toward new business investment fund

  The measures unveiled in the 2022 federal budget would see $15 billion over five years put into a fund designed to alleviate risks for private companies.

  Canada

  Apr 7, 2022
• Budget 2022 promises $4.3 billion to improve Indigenous housing in Canada

  Ottawa says it will spend $4.3 billion over seven years to help improve Indigenous housing during Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s second budget of the pandemic era.

  Canada

  Apr 7, 2022
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• Canadian military budget will grow by $8B as policy review seeks to reset defence vision

  The budget lays out broke strokes of a plan to boost defence spending by $8 billion over five years -- but combined with planned increases, Canada still won't hit the NATO target.

  Politics

  Apr 7, 2022
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• Canada’s treasury ‘depleted’ as budget weans COVID spending, eyes uncertainty

  Chrystia Freeland said that after the almost unprecedented spending of the pandemic’s crisis phase, now is the time to lift the government’s foot off the economic gas pedal.

  Politics

  Apr 7, 2022