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Health care, deficit expected to be focus of Manitoba legislature spring sitting

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Health care and ongoing deficits are expected to be major topics as the Manitoba legislature reconvenes Wednesday after the winter break.

#manitoba #publichealth #budget #deficit #fiscalpolicy #spendingpriorities #healthcare #government #canadianpolitics

Back to Top / Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 8:22 am / permalink 20117 / 5 stories in 2 days


Alberta budget comes with spending hikes, $9.4B deficit

sootoday - EDMONTON — Alberta’s new budget will carry an eye-popping $9.4-billion deficit as the province, after decades of trying to get off a roller-coaster of oil revenues, seeks to manage the ride and weather the whiplash.

#economicpolicy #alberta #education #budget #deficit #fiscalpolicy #infrastructure #healthcare #government #energy

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Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 5:22 pm / permalink 19842 / 46 stories in 8 days


Alberta pledges $10.8B for education in Budget 2026

Cindy Tran / edmontonjournal - Alberta’s education system will receive $10.8 billion in Budget 2026. In an interview with Postmedia, Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides called the investment “historic.” Despite concerns that enrolment growth and inflation have left the system under…

#alberta #education #labour #budget #deficit #fiscalpolicy #spendingpriorities #government #canadianpolitics #jobs

Back to Top / Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 4:22 pm / permalink 19753 / 8 stories in 9 days


PINDER: Danielle Smith’s Alberta referendum is a strategic masterstroke and Ottawa should be worried

Herb Pinder / westernstandard - The focus in Alberta, less so in the country, has been on the forthcoming referendum regarding independence. But Premier Smith recently called for a different referendum, one that follows the Alberta Next Review Panel. Led by Smith, it toured the province…

#alberta #media #referendum #separatism #legalaffairs #deficit #fiscalpolicy #government #canadianpolitics

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Back to Top / Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 9:23 am / permalink 19645 / 16 stories in 10 days


Canada's provinces deal with fresh shocks ahead of 2026 budget season

Craig Lord / nationalobserver - The outlook for Canada's provinces is difficult to chart but some surprising resilience to US trade pressures and historical revisions to economic data have most provinces on better footing heading into the 2026 budget season, argues a new analysis from D…


Alberta pressures: fleet purchases, classroom complexity and infrastructure strain


B.C. budget crisis: tax hikes, record deficits, cuts and delays

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Desjardins review: provinces face U.S. trade shocks, uneven resilience

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Other provinces: Ontario health spending and New Brunswick’s record deficit


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Back to Top / Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 7:22 am / permalink 19277 / 32 stories in 17 days


Canada’s 5% NATO pledge to add $63-billion to deficit over next decade, budget watchdog says

Steven Chase / theglobeandmail - PBO says meeting the goal could cost about $33.5-billion more each year until 2035-36

#security #internationalrelations #budget #deficit #fiscalpolicy #spendingpriorities #defence #military #government #canadianpolitics

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Back to Top / Thursday, February 5, 2026, 11:23 am / permalink 18798 / 6 stories in 29 days


Canadians sitting on $2B in uncashed federal cheques: Report

Brian Towie / torontosun - Families also left approximately $42.8 million in cheques for the Canada Child Benefit left uncashed.

#economicpolicy #canada #budget #deficit #spendingpriorities #publicapathy #government #canadianpolitics #finance

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Back to Top / Monday, February 2, 2026, 8:22 pm / permalink 18686 / 4 stories in 4 wks


Carney’s grocery, GST benefit plan will cost $12.4B over six years: PBO

Ariel Rabinovitch / globalnews - The recently announced Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit will cost an estimated $12.4 billion over six years, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

#economicpolicy #canada #budget #deficit #fiscalpolicy #spendingpriorities #taxincentives #government #canadianpolitics #finance

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Back to Top / Monday, February 2, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 18678 / 7 stories in 4 wks


Peel school board supervision a 'smokescreen' for underfunding, chair says

sootoday - The chair of a school board recently taken over by Ontario's minister of education is defending the management and finances of the board, saying the supervision is a "smokescreen" to distract from provincial underfunding.

#ontario #education #budget #deficit #government #canadianpolitics #unemployment

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Back to Top / Saturday, January 31, 2026, 12:22 am / permalink 18596 / 2 stories in 4 wks


Montreal's $7.7B budget raises spending by 5.4 per cent, has money for homelessness

sootoday - MONTREAL — Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada has presented a $7.7-billion budget with new spending on housing and homelessness. The first budget since Martinez Ferrada won the November election raises spending by about 5.


Budget Unveiling Highlights

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Back to Top / Monday, January 12, 2026, 1:22 pm / permalink 17791 / 14 stories in 7 wks


Canada swings to trade deficit in October as share of U.S. exports falls

Bianca Thompson / theglobeandmail - Data suggest Canada has begun diversifying its trade partners in response to U.S. tariffs

#trade #uscanadarelations #economicpolicy #canada #internationalrelations #deficit #finance #business

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Back to Top / Thursday, January 8, 2026, 1:21 pm / permalink 17648 / 4 stories in 1 month


CRA says its owed more than $10B in COVID benefit payments

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The CRA says that as of Nov. 30, it had disbursed $83.5 billion in COVID benefits to Canadians, including $45.3 billion for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit

#canada #budget #deficit #fiscalpolicy #spendingpriorities #government #canadianpolitics #finance

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Back to Top / Wednesday, December 31, 2025, 12:20 pm / permalink 17393 / 4 stories in 2 months


Interim budget officer says he regrets calling feds' fiscal management 'stupefying'

sootoday - OTTAWA — Jason Jacques says he learned a lot about the importance of choosing his words carefully in his first few months as the interim parliamentary budget officer.

#economicpolicy #ottawa #budget #deficit #fiscalpolicy #spendingpriorities #governmentshutdown #government #canadianpolitics #finance

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Back to Top / Tuesday, December 23, 2025, 9:21 am / permalink 17237 / 3 stories in 2 months


Canada posts merchandise trade surplus for September, first since January

News Staff / citynews - OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country posted a merchandise trade surplus of $153 million for September, its first surplus since January. The result came after a trade deficit of $6.4 billion in August. Statistics Canada says total exports rose 6.3 p…

#trade #uscanadarelations #economicpolicy #canada #internationalrelations #deficit #government #finance #business #jobs

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Back to Top / Thursday, December 11, 2025, 10:22 am / permalink 16838 / 8 stories in 2 months


More than 27,000 public servants were paid at least $150,000 last year, document reveals, as government plans cuts

Catherine Morrison / theglobeandmail - Government plans to cut about 10 per cent of federal employees by 2029 and lower costs by about $60-billion

#economicpolicy #labour #budget #deficit #spendingpriorities #government #canadianpolitics #compensation #finance #jobs

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Back to Top / Thursday, December 4, 2025, 1:22 pm / permalink 16575 / 4 stories in 3 months


Alberta faces $6.4-billion deficit as falling oil prices and trade troubles take toll

Lisa Johnson / theglobeandmail - This year’s budget represents a massive multibillion-dollar swing from an $8.3-billion surplus last year

#trade #economicpolicy #alberta #budget #deficit #fiscalpolicy #government #canadianpolitics #energy #finance

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Back to Top / Thursday, November 27, 2025, 6:21 pm / permalink 16361 / 7 stories in 3 months


Major surgery kept Conservative MP Shannon Stubbs from budget vote

Bryan Passifiume / torontosun - Monday's federal budget narrowly passed 170 to 168, with two NDP and two Tory MPs abstaining

#politics #economicpolicy #budget #deficit #fiscalpolicy #minoritygovernment #conservativeparty #government #houseofcommons #canadianpolitics

Back to Top / Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 10:22 am / permalink 16110 / 7 stories in 3 months


Politics Insider: Carney’s government survives narrow confidence vote

Ian Bailey / theglobeandmail - Federal budget passes after late climate pledge wins over Green Party’s Elizabeth May and other MPs abstain

#economicpolicy #budget #deficit #fiscalpolicy #minoritygovernment #climate #government #houseofcommons #canadianpolitics

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Back to Top / Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 5:22 pm / permalink 16092 / 10 stories in 3 months


BREAKING: Carney budget passes after close vote in Commons

Jeremy Borg / westernstandard - Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first federal budget cleared the House of Commons on Monday night after a tense vote that capped weeks of scrutiny and political friction.


Fiscal Fault Lines: Budget gaps and sector impacts


Parliamentary Drama: Narrow vote shakes Commons


Trade and Tariff Talks: Negotiations and global ties


Back to Top / Monday, November 17, 2025, 6:22 pm / permalink 16054 / 13 stories in 3 months


Carney faces crucial confidence vote as MPs set to vote on budget

Sean Previl / globalnews - Prime Minister Mark Carney faces a crucial confidence vote on his budget on Monday, but it's not known yet if Canada will be heading to another election or not.


Carney’s Crowd Reactions and Public Image


Debating Fiscal Sacrifice and Policy


High-Stakes Budget Vote Showdown


Opposition’s Political Maneuvering and Fallout


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Federal leaders attend vigil as Tumbler Ridge reels from mass shooting

A remote B.C. community mourns after a deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge. Prime Minister Mark Carney and other federal leaders are travelling to attend a vigil while questions swirl about RCMP briefings, social-media misinformation linking transgender identity to violence has been debunked, and reporting digs into the suspect’s warning signs and the town’s troubled history. More...


Frank Stronach’s sex-assault trial begins as women prepare to testify

The sexual-assault trial of businessman Frank Stronach opened in Toronto amid delays, with prosecutors signalling witness testimony that alleges a pattern of sexual aggression. Multiple women are expected to recount incidents allegedly occurring in a room overlooking the waterfront as the court examines whether a wealthy employer abused power. More...


Missing rail fastenings blamed for GO train derailment near Union Station

Metrolinx says a failure of rail fastenings — missing screws — likely caused a GO train to derail just outside Toronto’s Union Station, triggering weeks of reduced service, infrastructure repairs and uncertainty over repair costs. The agency is offering refunds to affected riders as investigators and engineers assess the damage. More...


TSB says Pearson Delta crash probe still in analysis phase

Nearly a year after a Delta Air Lines jet crash-landed at Toronto Pearson, the Transportation Safety Board says investigators are still deep in examination and analysis, with no cause yet pinned down. The update outlines ongoing work on aircraft systems, flight data, and operational factors—so yes, the “what happened” report is still cooking. More...


Ontario Power Generation signs deal to build Port Hope nuclear reactor

Ontario Power Generation and the town of Port Hope have finalized a deal to build a large new nuclear reactor east of Toronto. Officials say the project would create roughly 1,700 direct local jobs and more than 10,000 jobs across the province, framing the venture as a major step for regional energy and employment. More...



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