Category Archives: National
Federal Budget 2021: Highlights from the Liberal plan tabled Monday
OTTAWA — Highlights from the federal Liberal budget tabled Monday by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland: — $30 billion over the next five years, and $8.3 billion ongoing for early learning and child care and Indigenous early learning and child care. Th...
Federal Budget 2021: Liberals seek to win over low-wage workers and students
OTTAWA — The federal government is looking to give workers and students a leg up with a budget that commits billions to training, benefits and debt relief, as those hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic try to dust themselves off. The
Federal Budget 2021: Liberals top up long-term plan for affordable housing
OTTAWA — The federal government topped up its housing and infrastructure plans in Monday's budget, but held back on an overhaul as homes and cities grow increasingly unaffordable. In the first budget in more than two years, Finance Minister Chrystia Fr...
Federal Budget 2021: Long-term care standards, vaccine production in health plan
OTTAWA — The federal budget is promising billions to close gaps in long-term care and Canada’s vaccine production laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said the pandemic preyed "mercilessly" on Canada's most vulnerable ...
Federal Budget 2021: Liberals pledge $18 billion for Indigenous communities
OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government plans to spend more than $18 billion over the next five years to try to narrow the socio-economic gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and to help these communities fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Finan...
Federal Budget 2021: Liberals pledge $18 billion for Indigenous communities
OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government plans to spend more than $18 billion over the next five years to try to narrow the socio-economic gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and help these communities fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Finance ...
Federal Budget 2021: Liberals focus on clean technology for climate spending
OTTAWA — Pushing the private sector to develop clean technology — and heavy emitters to adopt it — is where billions in new money will flow from the Liberals’ 2021 budget pledge unveiled Monday to tackle climate change. Around $17 billion
Federal Budget 2021: Money promised for military sex misconduct fight, NORAD upgrades
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are promising millions of additional dollars to help fight sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces as they seek to address anger and frustration over how the government and military have handled the issue. The
Federal Budget 2021: Liberals pledge $30B for child care with eye to reducing fees
OTTAWA — The federal government is diving into the deep end of child care, promising billions in new spending for provinces to create spaces and drive down fees. The Liberals' 2021 budget doesn’t commit or estimate how many new spaces could
Federal Budget 2021: Liberals extend COVID-19 aid with election top of mind
OTTAWA — The first federal budget in more than two years extends Ottawa’s COVID-19 "lifeline" for those still struggling after a difficult year — including aid for laid-off workers — another few months as it aims to pull Canada through
