Federal Budget 2023: ‘Grocery rebate’ among the big takeaways for Canadians

The federal government has released its 2023 budget, with the centrepiece focused around what Ottawa is calling a “grocery rebate” — though Canadians can spend it on anything they want. Some 11 million residents are expected to get the rebate but it’s not clear when that money will be received. David Akin unpacks the big takeaways of the budget, including new spending commitments totaling $43 billion over the next five years, and explains why a “shallow recession” is possible.

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