Canadian Budget

• Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante gives thumbs up to federal budget

  "I see the intention of the federal government, and it's really aligned with our priorities as well," said Plante at a press conference in Montreal.

  Politics

  Mar 19, 2019
  
• Liberals don’t have plan for how to spend nearly $190B in infrastructure cash, budget watchdog says

  Parliament's budget watchdog is calling on the Trudeau Liberals to deliver a detailed plan for how it plans to dole out billions in infrastructure dollars to avoid further delays in spending.

  Politics

  Mar 15, 2018
  
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• Federal budget shows billions in infrastructure won’t be spent until at least 2021

  New figures in this week's federal budget suggest billions of dollars from the Liberal government's vaunted infrastructure program now won't be spent until after Canadians go to the polls next year.

  Canada

  Mar 2, 2018
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• The government wants to share more of your tax information

  Here's what you need to know about changes being proposed in this week's federal budget.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2018
• Big bank economists flag federal budget’s happy-go-lucky stance on deficit

  The budget contains little in terms of contingency measures vis-a-vis NAFTA, the Trump tax cuts or a future recession.

  Money

  Feb 28, 2018
• Federal Budget 2018 — all the nice stuff borrowed money can eventually buy

  Matt Gurney says Federal Budget 2018 is the latest example of a government unnecessarily digging itself deeper in debt to buy votes with our own money.

  Canada

  Feb 28, 2018
• Government to phase out $1,000 bill and several older banknotes as legal tender

  Some of the bills affected date back to the 1930s, and they're still out there and considered legal tender.

  Canada

  Feb 28, 2018
• Taxpayers to shell out $605M for G7 meeting

  Canada will host the G7 summit in June with the total cost to Canadian taxpayers being set at $605 million.

  Canada

  Feb 28, 2018
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• Liberals promise $5.5M to fund sex assault crisis centres at universities

  And they might pull federal funding if university policies don't measure up.

  Canada

  Feb 27, 2018
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• Federal budget 2018: Bono praises Canada’s boost in foreign aid spending

  "Oh Canada! Prime Minister Trudeau's budget - and the smart, women-centred policy that guides it - is leadership in action," Bono said in a statement.

  Canada

  Feb 27, 2018