Author Archives: rdnews@socastdigital.com
Five things about the federal budget
OTTAWA - The Liberals’ last budget of this mandate sets the stage for the October federal election and includes a sprinkling of money for voters across a wide spectrum. But there are also gaps i...
Mar 19, 2019
Finance Minister Bill Morneau's budget speech
OTTAWA - Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last week, I was back home in Toronto-where I had a chance to visit with some young people at the Boys and Girls Club in Regent Park. It was March Break last week, so ...
Mar 19, 2019
New $1B border strategy will get tough on irregular asylum seekers
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is signalling its intent to stem the flow of asylum seekers crossing into Canada at unofficial entry points with a new border-enforcement strategy aimed at detecting, i...
Mar 19, 2019
Liberals add $4.5B for Indigenous services as reconciliation effort continues
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government plans to spend $4.5 billion over the next five years to try to narrow the socio-economic gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people - part of a plan to ke...
Mar 19, 2019
Liberals promise billions for dairy, chicken farmers affected by trade deals
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is promising billions of dollars to compensate dairy, egg and poultry farmers hurt by Canada’s recent free-trade agreements - industries concentrated in vote-rich...
Mar 19, 2019
Liberals promise tax credit, EI benefit to help workers
OTTAWA - Canadians could soon be putting $250 a year in federal tax credits toward better skills, while getting federal help to pay the bills. One of the showpieces in Tuesday’s federal Liberal ...
Mar 19, 2019
Liberals to create national drug agency as building block of pharmacare plan
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is promising a new agency to negotiate prescription drug prices for Canadians and try to drive down costs - a move billed as an “important step” on ...
Mar 19, 2019
Budget 2019: Liberals offer "modest" help homebuyers' purchase, cover mortage
OTTAWA - The federal government is promising to pick up part of the cost of a mortgage for a new home and increase the amount of retirement savings Canadians can tap as part of budget measures unveile...
Mar 19, 2019
Highlights from the 2019 federal budget tabled Tuesday
OTTAWA - Highlights from the federal Liberal budget tabled Tuesday by Finance Minister Bill Morneau: - $1.7 billion over five years, and $586 million a year after that, for a Canada Training Benefit t...
Mar 19, 2019
Deficits in big-spending pre-election budget tee up ballot-box choice
OTTAWA - The final budget of the Trudeau government’s mandate will scatter billions in fresh spending - on everything from pharmacare to retraining workers to first-time home buyers - as the Lib...
Mar 19, 2019