Canada Budget

• Federal government announces $1.8M for N.B. tourism projects

  The local member of Parliament, Rene Arseneault, says the funding for 18 projects comes from the Tourism Relief Fund.

  Canada

  May 30
  
• Small businesses plea for more debt help amid 6th COVID-19 wave

  Small business owners have made a plea to the federal finance minister to consider more help paying off their pandemic-related debts amid COVID-19's sixth wave.

  Canada

  Apr 15
  
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• Roughly one-third of Liberal cabinet ministers own rental, investment real estate: records

  While fully legal, real estate experts say the holdings reflect the degree to which Canadians increasingly view real estate as a financial asset, rather than a place to live.

  Canada

  Apr 13
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• Federal budget needs more targeted support on housing, advocates say

  While the focus on housing affordability in Canada's federal budget is promising, its measures could go further to help people in the most dire need, advocates say.

  Canada

  Apr 13
• Canada wants to build 400,000 homes a year. Who’s going to build them?

  Canada's housing supply is not keeping up with population growth — in 2016, there were 427 housing units for every 1,000 Canadians, and in 2020, there were was 424.

  Canada

  Apr 11
• 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
• 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
• Budget 2022 and Canada’s incredible disappearing deficits

  The annual deficit has shrunk by $275B in two years, even as the government announced new initiatives. What gives? Economist Jim Stanford looks at the red line of Budget 2022.

  Commentary

  Apr 9
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• N.B. municipalities applaud federal budget housing funding, programs

  The federal budget aims to help increase the housing stock, which is welcome news for municipalities in New Brunswick that are grappling with affordable housing issues.

  Canada

  Apr 8
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• 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