The Liberal government is proposing a massive down payment on a planned national child-care system they say will be outlined in next spring's budget.

When it comes to the details on how the government plans to move coronavirus vaccines from factory to the pharmacy, the fiscal update is short on specifics.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland pledges Canada will have a "feminist and intersectional" recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

Wednesday's fiscal snapshot will be the first public assessment of the country's economic and financial situation since the pandemic started in earnest in March.

The federal Liberals have come up with a $16-billion answer to Canada's competitiveness concerns.

There was a mixture of good and bad news on Tuesday morning from Canada's parliamentary fiscal watchdog.

The government will soon table a bill to set all school tax rates at the lowest current rate in a region, similar to what already happens on the island of Montreal.

Quebec's Liberals boasted about their economic update and the tax cuts, but opposition parties say the government is trying to pull the wool over voters' eyes.

Should the Liberal government be spending roughly $14.9 billion of the federal government's windfall on social programs.

The Trudeau government is dedicating about a third of the windfall it's expecting from the surprisingly strong economy towards investments, tax relief and new spending on social programs.