Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Special Edition: Federal budget

Mar 29, 2023

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Summary

In the news, the Liberal government’s 2023 budget is full of billions of dollars in new spending on a range of ideas, hopes and promises from an expanded low-income national dental care program to clean technology. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she’s also taking advantage of global opportunities to ‘green the economy’ while relying less on Russia and China. So, this budget includes a $40B deficit and a walk-away from previous promises to balance the budget in five years. (Full roundup of stories from various news outlets below)

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