Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland
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Budget 2022 and Canada’s incredible disappearing deficitsThe 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.CommentaryApr 9
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Trudeau government’s fiscal update coming Dec. 14, will be ‘limited in scope’Trudeau is facing pressure from the opposition in parliament and business groups to scale back spending for fear that government expenditure will fuel skyrocketing inflation.PoliticsDec 2, 2021
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B.C. Tory MP deletes tweet on ‘closeness’ of George Soros, Chrystia FreelandFindlay, the party's environment critic, deleted the tweet on Saturday afternoon and apologized for sharing content from an account supporting conspiracy theories.CanadaAug 29, 2020
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Coronavirus: Federal government ran $120.4B deficit from April to JuneMuch of the bump in spending was a result of emergency aid programs the Liberals rolled out as businesses shuttered and workers were laid off, furloughed or had their hours slashed.CanadaAug 28, 2020
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Global credit rating agency issues new warning over Canada’s coronavirus spending, debtFitch Ratings downgraded Canada's triple-A credit rating in June, dropping the country to an "AA+" rating over what it called "the deterioration of Canada's public finances"' due to COVID-19.CanadaAug 27, 2020
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Coronavirus pandemic will dictate Freeland’s plan for economy, experts sayFreeland on Thursday couldn't say what would be in her first budget, noting she didn't get an economic crystal ball at her swearing-in ceremony two days earlier.CanadaAug 23, 2020
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Chrystia Freeland breaks a ‘glass ceiling’ with finance portfolioMeera Estrada says she hopes Chrystia Freeland succeeds because her success would be symbolic of what is possible for all women in Canada.CommentaryAug 23, 2020
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