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Share this article Share this article OTTAWA, ON, April 27, 2021 /CNW/ - COVID-19 has affected all Canadians, but women have been disproportionately impacted. In the labour market, women were hit earlier and harder, and their jobs continue to recover more slowly. Budget 2021: A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth, and Resilience is a plan to drive economic growth, increase womens participation in the workforce, and offer each child in Canada the best start in life. Today, Minister of Fisheries and ...

From: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada The Minister of Northern Affairs met with Indigenous and territorial partners, and representatives from the small business and tourism industry in the Northwest Territories to discuss investments from Budget 2021: A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth, and Resilience. Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada Budget 2021 is the Government of Canada’s plan to finish the fight against COVID-19 and ensure a robust economic reco...

From: Women and Gender Equality Canada Budget 2021 is the Government of Canada’s plan to finish the fight against COVID-19 and ensure a robust economic recovery that is inclusive of all Canadians. Today, Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development, the Honourable Maryam Monsef, met with Alberta women-, family- and youth-serving organizations to discuss investments in early learning and childcare, as well as other supports for families introduced in Budget 2021: A Reco...

New Brunswick's premier says he was not surprised by the "huge spending" included in Monday's federal budget. "It's purely an election budget," Premie...

By Carol Thomson Apr 19, 2021 4:25 PM Canada’s Finance Minister has proposed a budget that includes more than $101-billion in new spending over the next three years leading to an estimated deficit for the fiscal year at $154.7-billion. In the first budget in two years, Christia Freeland cautioned that the deficit could increase by another $15-billion, depending on any economic slow down from the third wave of the pandemic. Today’s proposed budget includes $30-billion for child care ...

Canada’s 2021 budget released Monday includes billions of dollars in spending to support residents through the COVID-19 pandemic. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland walked Canadians through the document from Queen’s Park, which contains more than $101 billion in new spending over the next four years. “This budget is about healing the wounds from COVID-19,” Freeland said. “The goal is to meet the urgent needs of today and to build for the long term.” The deficit for 2020-21 should si...

Staff In its 2021 budget on Monday, the federal government said it’s proposing nearly $30 billion over the next five years towards a national community-based childcare system. The budget stated that starting in 2021/2022, an investment of up to $27.2 billion over five years will bring the federal government to a 50/50 share of childcare costs with provincial and territorial governments, as part of initial five-year agreements. Future objectives and distribution of funding starting in year six...

  OTTAWA -- The federal government unveiled its long-awaited spring budget on Monday, with a focus on navigating taxpayers out of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and embarking on the long road to economic recovery, with specific attention paid to the most vulnerable. CTVNews.ca has analyzed the document and identified the key items that, if passed in Parliament, will impact Canadian businesses, workers, families, students, and seniors. Here’s how the Liberals’ pandemic exit st...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he hopes the next few months are “the final stretch of the crisis”.

iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Mar 3, 2021 5:53pm The first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arriving in Canada on March 3 (Bill Blair via Twitter) Today’s Evening Brief is brought to you by Internet Society Canada Chapter. This Thursday, join us for a discussion about a new Angus Reid Institute poll on Canadians’ experiences using government digital platforms and their expectations of government digital transformation. Register now. Good evening to you. It�...