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Budget 2022: $452B plan focused on affordability, innovation as uncertainty looms
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s second pandemic budget turns Canada’s fiscal focus to making life more affordable and giving a long-needed boost to Canadian productivity.
Apr 7, 2022 3:51 PM
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Budget 2022: Flush from booming economy, Feds eye growth with $56B in new spending
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals have delivered a budget that looks to take advantage of a boom in economic growth that has padded federal books, and turn that extra spending space toward removing hurdles to long-term gains.
Apr 7, 2022 3:45 PM
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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.
Apr 7, 2022 3:40 PM
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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.
Apr 7, 2022 3:21 PM
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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 their first home.
Apr 7, 2022 2:54 PM
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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.
Apr 7, 2022 2:34 PM
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Budget 2022: A look at the highlights of the federal Liberal fiscal plan
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the 2022 federal budget on Thursday. Here are some of the highlights: — $452.3 billion in new spending on projected revenue of $408.4 billion for a deficit of $52.8 billion.
Apr 7, 2022 2:33 PM
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Budget 2022: Canada won't meet NATO target with more than $8B in new military funding
OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government responded Thursday to months of pressure from the NATO military alliance and others by promising more than $8 billion in new military spending over the next five years.
Apr 7, 2022 2:31 PM
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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.
Apr 7, 2022 2:24 PM
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RCMP collects evidence of possible war crimes in Ukraine from people fleeing invasion
OTTAWA — The RCMP is collecting evidence of alleged war crimes in Ukraine from people fleeing to Canada following Russia's invasion of their country.
Apr 7, 2022 2:07 PM
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