Finance Minister Bill Morneau

• Liberals’ approach to deficits backs them into an unfortunate fiscal corner

  The Liberals’ upcoming budget will need to respond to the economic uncertainty from the COVID-19 outbreak and the rail blockades, Rob Breakenridge says.

  Commentary

  Mar 7, 2020
• Conservatives call on Liberals to provide ‘urgent’ economic update

  Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre, the finance critic, says he wants to see the Liberal government provide a fiscal update before the holidays.

  Canada

  Dec 8, 2019
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• Environment bill changes needed to ‘avoid alienating provinces’: Morneau

  Finance Minister Bill Morneau penned a letter to six right-leaning premiers on Friday.

  Politics

  Jun 14, 2019
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• Morneau pushes back at business concerns that budget overlooked competitiveness worries

  “I don’t agree with them at all," said Finance Minister Bill Morneau when asked about business group concerns the budget didn't address competitiveness.

  Canada

  Mar 24, 2019
• Finance minister not ruling out federal money for CFL stadium

  Finance Minister Bill Morneau says if Halifax inevitably gets a CFL team, additional federal funding isn't out of the question. 

  Sports

  Mar 22, 2019
• Finance minister tells Halifax business audience not to link budget to election

  Tuesday's budget projects a deficit in 2019-20 of $19.8 billion.

  Politics

  Mar 22, 2019
• Federal budget to include measures to ease burden of buying a home: source

  Finance Minister Bill Morneau has promised the budget will focus on ways to help improve housing affordability for Canadians, and particularly for millennials, who are now in their mid-20s to late-30s.

  Canada

  Mar 17, 2019
• Finance Minister Bill Morneau visits Guelph to talk business, education

  Morneau sat down with local business leaders and made stops at the YMCA, along with University of Guelph, where he held a town hall discussion with students.

  Politics

  Feb 8, 2019
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• Cracks in Canada’s job market starting to show, finance minister warned

  An internal federal analysis is forecasting job market moderation on the horizon following Canada's extended period of healthy employment growth.

  Canada

  Aug 1, 2018
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• Canada’s richest families own as much wealth as 3 provinces combined: report

  Canada's wealthiest families are increasingly looking like dynasties.

  Money

  Jul 31, 2018