4 d. ago Reeves Looks to Woo Budget Watchdog With Plan to Cut Inflation

Rachel Reeves should get billions of pounds of extra room in her upcoming budget, UK Treasury officials believe, thanks to her plan to cut household bills and bring down inflation.

Economics

2 w. ago Budget to include funding for women, LGBTQ initiatives: Champagne

OTTAWA — The federal government says the upcoming budget will include new money to support women’s participation in leadership roles and to provide security for LGBTQ communities during Pride events. Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne and Minister of Women and Gender Equality Rechie Valdez announced the funding at a press conference Wednesday. They were flanked by […]

Other

2 w. ago Ontario couple gives up more than $1M to online scammers despite bank warning

Ottawa is promising a new Financial Crimes Agency in the upcoming budget that will investigate crimes such online fraud and financial scams and recovering illicit proceeds

Economics

2 w. ago Federal officials not sure when immigration levels plan is coming

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said in his pre-budget speech last week that the upcoming federal budget will include “Canada’s new immigration plan,” but immigration department officials don’t know if that includes the annual levels plan. The immigration levels plan, which outlines how many permanent residents Canada plans to admit for the next year, […]

Other

2 w. ago Steel industry pins hopes on Buy Canadian in budget — but that won’t solve all woes

MONTREAL — Zero-profit projects. Cancelled contracts. Halted development plans. In a year that has gone from bad to worse, steel fabricators are now pinning their hopes on possible Buy Canadian provisions in the upcoming federal budget — though such a shift would offer only limited protection from punishing U.S. tariffs. At a conference in Montreal […]

Other

3 w. ago Economists Urge Carney to Set Output Targets Amid Debt Binge

Some economists are urging Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to set clear economic and investment targets when his government delivers its upcoming budget.

Economics

3 w. ago Carney taking ’gamble’ with large deficit in fall budget: Economist

OTTAWA — A Desjardins economist argues the surge in government spending in the Liberals’ upcoming fall budget is a “gamble” that will lead either to unsustainable levels of public debt or a new era of economic growth. Desjardins deputy chief economist Randall Bartlett released an analysis of federal finances Wednesday ahead of the much-anticipated fall […]

Transport

3 w. ago Federal budget opportunity for Carney to correct course: Poilievre

Heated question period sees leaders sparring over upcoming budget, Liberals' economic policy

Transport

3 w. ago Will Carney’s budget trigger election? Liberals say that’s up to opposition

Steven MacKinnon made the comments as opposition parties have been laying out their demands for the upcoming federal budget, as well as their various red lines for supporting it.

Politics

4 w. ago Liberals urged to cut Old Age Security spending in upcoming budget

Kershaw said that OAS has drifted too far from its original aim of 'protecting insecure retirees' to 'padding the comfort of affluence'

Events