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From the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, here's the buzz on Budget 2018

Here's what federal politicians, labour groups, healthcare workers and other stakeholders had to say about the Trudeau government's new budget, entitled: Equality + Growth: A Strong Middle Class

Budget delivers new conservation fund but avoids climate commitments

​The Trudeau government shifted environmental gears Tuesday, putting a greater emphasis on conservation efforts, but shying away from major new financial commitments for decarbonization and climate change initiatives.

Using oilpatch data, the federal budget numbers don't support need for three new pipelines

Western Canadian oil producers won’t need all of the new pipelines proposed by energy giants such as Kinder Morgan, Enbridge and TransCanada — at least not for a decade — according to oilpatch estimates featured in Tuesday’s federal budget.

Morneau takes 'historic and meaningful step' to close gender gap

If approved, the investment of $100 million would be rolled out over 10 years in a financial plan that Finance Minister Bill Morneau credits as taking an “historic and meaningful step” toward closing the gender gap in Canada.

Ottawa zeroes in on distinct needs of First Nations, Métis, Inuit with $5-billion package

The new investments — poured into a variety of healthcare, housing, self-governance, employment, family and child services programs — would bring Ottawa’s total investments for Indigenous programs and services to more than $16.8 billion over seven years.

Budget targets 'increasingly sophisticated' cyber attacks on government

The proposal comes after cyber attackers broke into a Statistics Canada server last year, forcing the data agency and Canada's tax agency offline.

Trudeau government proposes new cash to help Canada's research catch up

Morneau budget proposes new money for human rights watchdog

Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s new federal budget doesn’t offer any new funding to support a new human rights watchdog that was recently announced to keep an eye on Canadian companies that operate abroad.

Trudeau government proposes $50 million to save local journalism

Tuesday’s budget included some highly-anticipated support for local journalism, addressing closures of local newspapers and the massive job cuts that have ripped through newsrooms across the country.

HIGHLIGHTS: Phoenix killed as Trudeau government tables budget

All of the new spending will result in an annual deficit of $18.1 billion for 2018/2019, and ongoing deficits that would continue over the next few years, going down to $12.3 billion by 2022/2023. These totals are lower than deficits that were projected by the Trudeau government in last year's budget.