Canada's Mark Carney promises 'bold' 1st federal budget
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Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne presented his first federal budget Tuesday and it includes big-ticket items to prop up an economy grappling with major economic disruptions but also cuts to the public service to get the fiscal house in order.
Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne will present the budget on Tuesday, with experts projecting the government’s deficit skyrocketing this year.
Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged 'generational investments' in a pre-budget address, while also telling Canadians that transforming the economy will 'take some sacrifices.'
Prime Minister Mark Carney will lay out his government’s priorities for the Nov. 4 budget in an evening speech to students tonight. Bill Curry reports that the speech will come after Carney meets separately with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet about their priorities.
In the closing days of October, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre both delivered competing speeches aimed at young Canadians. Carney’s was an Oct. 21 pre-budget address at the University of Ottawa, while Poilievre’s was an Oct. 30 speech at a youth-focused rally in Toronto.
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday confirmed his apology to President Trump earlier this week after an ad aired in Ontario that was critical of Trump’s tariffs and used comments
And it starts now, tonight, with a mea culpa. For too long, those who have sat in the prime minister’s chair have been too worried about the next opinion poll and the next election. What we should worry about,
Arrogance, conceit, solipsism, condescension – whatever you call it, it all represents the thing that always defeats Liberals. In his 3,000-word and too-long speech, Carney showed flashes of that: on the future, Carney actually said he and his government are “going to give it back to you.”