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Budget 2022: Liberals will put $15B toward new business investment fundThe measures unveiled in the 2022 federal budget would see $15 billion over five years put into a fund designed to alleviate risks for private companies.CanadaApr 7, 2022
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Budget 2022: Feds eye growth with $31B in net new spendingThe 2022 budget released includes more than $31 billion in new spending over the next five years. The new spending has increased the fiscal year's deficit to $52.8 billion.PoliticsApr 7, 2022
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Budget 2022 will need ‘alchemy’ to balance cost of living, global risks: expertThe Liberals are being pressed to both spend more on social programs such as dental care, child care and health care transfers, while also addressing soaring inflation.CanadaApr 6, 2022
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Liberals to provide fiscal update, future outlook for Canadian economy todayFinance Minister Chrystia Freeland plans to release an updated accounting of federal finances and provide the government's economic outlook for the coming months.PoliticsDec 14, 2021
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Election off the table as Liberals survive final confidence vote over budgetLiberals were joined by New Democrat MPs in voting for the budget, in accordance with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's vow not to trigger an election in the midst of COVID-19.PoliticsApr 26, 2021
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Liberals survive 2nd of 3 confidence votes on federal budgetA Conservative amendment was defeated by a vote of 213-120, with Liberals, Bloc Quebecois, New Democrat and Green MPs all voting against it.CanadaApr 22, 2021
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Cities ask Liberals for $7B to create affordable housingThe Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) estimates the money could create up to 24,000 permanent affordable housing units in urban and rural communities.CanadaMar 5, 2021
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ANALYSIS: Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s odd plan to help homebuyers won’t help with housing affordabilityThe chief economist at TD Bank said the budget's measures to help first-time homebuyers could actually push housing prices up by as much as 5 per cent. And that means the Liberals' attempts to make it easier for first-time home buyers could actually make it worse.PoliticsMar 20, 2019
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Liberal budget to include update to Trudeau’s plan to support news industryLast fall, the Liberals announced new tax credits and incentives, worth 595 million dollars over the next five years, to support the struggling news industry.CanadaMar 16, 2019
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Federal budget won’t be balanced until 2040, Finance Department saysA Finance Department report projects that by the end of fiscal year 2040-2041 there will be a surplus, but warns of a "fair degree of uncertainty."CanadaDec 21, 2018