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

The figures released this morning show that the Liberals' projected deficit of $19.8 billion for the 12-month period that ends in March is now slated to actually be $26.6 billion.

The Green Budget Coalition, comprised of 22 environment advocacy organizations, released its annual list of asks for the federal budget Wednesday. The Liberals' next budget is however still months away,

The federal Liberals have not met the two "fiscal anchors" they set for themselves in the 2015 election campaign. But they've made progress elsewhere.

The government plans to exclude startups and rapidly growing businesses from the cap, so they can keep using stock options to attract and reward employees.

The government intends to move forward with an amendment to the Criminal Code to create an optional tool for prosecutors that's sometimes referred to as a "deferred prosecution agreement."

Ontario’s Liberal government presented its last budget before an upcoming provincial election in June.

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.

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.

And we'll see that in a couple years and see how the money rolls out, see how the panels work out, but you know, talk minus action equals zero, right."