Federal Budget 2023: Economy made ‘remarkable recovery from COVID recession,’ Freeland says

In her opening remarks delivering the federal budget for 2023, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said “Canada’s economy has made a remarkable recovery from the COVID recession,” adding that “last year, Canada delivered the strongest economic growth in the G7. There are 830,000 more Canadians working today, than when COVID first hit.”

• Canada saw economic growth resume in January following small contraction