April 2021
A “BIG SPENDING ANNOUNCEMENT” BUDGET
On April 19t Minister Freeland delivered her long awaited budget- the government’s first budget in two years. By some measures, it was an impressive document: 740 pages long making it the longest budget document ever.
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The budget is now tentatively scheduled for late April. This is a critical budget for the government because expectations (and hopes) among Canadians are very high and rising. Recent polls show that a majority of Canadians believe that a Liberal government would do the best job in managing the government’s post COVID finances
CANADIANS DON’T NEED AN AUSTERITY BUDGET
Getting a vaccination probably remains the top priority of most Canadians especially in the middle of a very scary third wave generated by COVID variants. Notwithstanding a new stay at home order, there is some emerging hope that by the summer the situation will be much better and by September anyone who wants a vaccine will have it.
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