Category Archives: National
The federal budget will have the support of the NDP, but will also face opposition
OTTAWA — The Liberals have done enough to honour their agreement with the NDP, but that doesn't mean the federal budget will pass without opposition. "We still have critiques and criticisms," NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Thursday. "We're concerned, d...
Experts urge caution in reading rapid tests as variants drive sixth wave
Rapid antigen tests have become Canada's primary tool to detect COVID-19 as mounting signs point toward a sixth wave, but experts warn that results should be read with caution as the spread of variants raises questions about diagnostic accuracy. The he...
Budget 2022: A checklist of promises that were in the Liberal-NDP confidence deal
OTTAWA — The Liberals and New Democrats published a confidence and supply agreement last month in an effort to keep the minority Parliament working until the next fixed election in 2025. The deal would have the NDP vote with the Liberals
Budget 2022: $500M in military aid to Ukraine, projects economic upheaval from war
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland referenced horrific allegations of Russian war crimes on Thursday as the federal Liberal government promised another $500 million in military aid as well as other financial assistance to Ukraine. The promise...
Budget 2022 devotes $4.3 billion to Indigenous housing needs
Ottawa is preparing to spend $4.3 billion over seven years to help improve Indigenous housing, while also giving more to help communities contend with the harmful past of residential schools. Spending more this year in housing for Indigenous Peoples is...
Budget 2022: Housing supply gets $10B boost; Feds add measures to curb speculation
TORONTO — The Liberal government will try to ease Canada's housing crisis with more than $10 billion in funding meant to speed up home construction and repairs along with measures to cool the market and help those trying to buy
Budget 2022: A look at some of the promises you might have missed
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the 2022 federal budget on Thursday. Here are some of the smaller promises that you might have missed: — $1.9 billion over 24 years to build and operate the new Canadarm3 for the
Budget 2022: Quotes from the finance minister and others on the Liberal fiscal plan
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has tabled the 2022 budget in the House of Commons. Here are key quotes about the fiscal plan. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland: “The money that rescued Canadians and the Canadian economy — eight out of
Budget 2022: Liberals rejig $15B toward new business investment fund
OTTAWA — The Trudeau Liberals are promising to create two new arm’s-length bodies to handle billions in federal funds to prod businesses to invest in themselves. The measures unveiled in the 2022 federal budget would see $15 billion over five
Budget 2022 makes good on dental care, but little in new health spending
OTTAWA — The Liberals have made good on promises to the NDP when it comes to health spending in their newly released budget, but offered little else in new spending to reinvigorate Canada’s struggling health system. The government expects to launch
