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The Canadian federal budget for the fiscal years of 2023–24 was presented to the House of Commons by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on 28 March 2023. [2] The budget was meant to reflect Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's stated policy objective to "make life more affordable for Canadians" [3] while also reducing government expenditures.
2024 () budget of the Canadian federal government; Presented: 16 April 2024: Passed: 1 May 2024: Parliament: 44th: Party: Liberal: Finance minister: Chrystia Freeland: Total revenue: 498 Billion (projected) Total expenditures: 538 Billion (projected) Deficit: 40 Billion (projected) GDP: TBA: Website: 2024 budget ‹
The Canadian federal government announced in 2023-24, $94.6 billion to transfer to the provinces and territories through major transfers (Canada Health Transfer, Canada Social Transfer, Equalization and Territorial Formula Financing), direct targeted support and trust funds), a $7 billion increase from the previous year, 2022-23. [2]
Budgets are a confidence measure, and if the House votes against it the government can fall, as happened to Prime Minister Joe Clark's government in 1980. The governing party strictly enforces party discipline, usually expelling from the party caucus any government Member of Parliament (MP) who votes against the budget. Opposition parties ...
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada plans to ease a housing shortage by leasing public land to developers for construction of affordable houses under a plan unveiled by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on ...
A formal system of equalization payments was first introduced in 1957. [7] [ Notes 1]. The original program had the goal of giving each province the same per-capita revenue as the two wealthiest provinces, Ontario and British Columbia, in three tax bases: personal income taxes, corporate income taxes and succession duties (inheritance taxes).
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday looked set to lose power early next year after a key ally said he would move to bring down the minority Liberal government and ...
The COVID-19 pandemic had forced the Justin Trudeau government to introduce a large number of federal aid programs to deal with the economic impact of the crisis. As a result, Canada's debt-to-GDP ratio increased in 2020 and 2021.