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OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the 2021 federal budget in the House of Commons on Monday. Here are some highlights from her speech, as well as quotes from opposition leaders. Crisi...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government's first budget in more than two years makes big promises on child care, the environment and readying the country's economy for a post-pandemic rebound. But ther...

OTTAWA - Highlights from the federal Liberal budget tabled Monday by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland: - $30 billion over the next five years, and $8.3 billion ongoing for early learning and child c...

OTTAWA - The federal government is looking to give workers and students a leg up with a budget that commits billions to training, benefits and debt relief, as those hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemi...

OTTAWA - The federal government topped up its housing and infrastructure plans in Monday's budget, but held back on an overhaul as homes and cities grow increasingly unaffordable. In the first budget ...

OTTAWA - The federal budget is promising billions to close gaps in long-term care and Canada's vaccine production laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic. There is $2.2 billion over the next seven years - ...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government plans to spend more than $18 billion over the next five years to try to narrow the socio-economic gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and to help t...

OTTAWA - Pushing the private sector to develop clean technology - and heavy emitters to adopt it - is where billions in new money will flow from the Liberals' 2021 budget pledge unveiled Monday to tac...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are promising millions of additional dollars to help fight sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces as they seek to address anger and frustration over how the gover...

OTTAWA - The federal government is diving into the deep end of child care, promising billions in new spending for provinces to create spaces and drive down fees. The Liberals' 2021 budget doesn't comm...