Budget 2021

The government says it will focus on building a clean economy in its 2021 budget. Establishing a just transition framework to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 is long overdue, writes Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood, a senior researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

Opposition parties panned a plea Friday from the minority Liberal government to speed up passage of a bill aimed at ensuring a federal election could be held safely if need be during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2021 Ontario budget won’t boost the bank balances of young people a few years out of high school nor help them pay off their education debt, but will help cover some training costs for a new job.

Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government will spend almost $1 billion on a third round of direct aid to parents, this one double the size of previous payments.

The federal government will release a highly anticipated budget in about four weeks, giving Canadians a detailed accounting of pandemic spending and how the Liberals plan to spend billions more on the road out of COVID-19.