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• Election off the table as Liberals survive final confidence vote over budget

  Liberals 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.

  Politics

  Apr 26
• Liberals survive 2nd of 3 confidence votes on federal budget

  A Conservative amendment was defeated by a vote of 213-120, with Liberals, Bloc Quebecois, New Democrat and Green MPs all voting against it.

  Canada

  Apr 22
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• Cities ask Liberals for $7B to create affordable housing

  The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) estimates the money could create up to 24,000 permanent affordable housing units in urban and rural communities.

  Canada

  Mar 5
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• ANALYSIS: Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s odd plan to help homebuyers won’t help with housing affordability

  The 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.

  Politics

  Mar 20, 2019
• Liberal budget to include update to Trudeau’s plan to support news industry

  Last fall, the Liberals announced new tax credits and incentives, worth 595 million dollars over the next five years, to support the struggling news industry.

  Canada

  Mar 16, 2019
• Federal budget won’t be balanced until 2040, Finance Department says

  A 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."

  Canada

  Dec 21, 2018
• Ottawa ran surplus of $92 million during first 7 months of 2018, Department of Finance says

  The increase came due to rises in tax revenue, employment-insurance premiums and other revenues.

  Canada

  Dec 21, 2018
• Bill Morneau’s comments on pharmacare prompt calls for his removal

  The heads of three organizations allege Morneau presupposed the outcome of the study on national pharmacare by saying he supports an eventual strategy that would preserve existing drug-insurance systems in Canada, rather than tossing them all aside for a new national plan.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2018
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• Budget 2017: A look at what could come from the Liberal’s tax expenditure review

  The thing is no one really knows for sure what is on the table as the Liberals work on fulfilling a campaign pledge to find $3 billion per year in new revenue by fiscal 2019-20.

  Canada

  Feb 19, 2017