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Net Zero: $17.6B pledged in Budget 2021 for transition to low-carbon economy By iPolitics. Published on Apr 20, 2021 12:23pm The Lead “When people look back on 2021, they’re going to say this is the year when the world pivoted to a green economy, and Canada has to be there. We have to be in the lead of that transformation,” Freeland told reporters. The Toronto Star has more. Natural Resources Canada is set to receive $319 million over seven years for research and development of carbon capture technology, as well as $1.5 billion over five years to create a Clean Fuels Fund “to fos...

Morning Update Newsletter Morning Update: Liberals target child care, COVID-19 relief in a wave of new spending, as deficit projected to hit $354-billion Omair Quadri Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Good morning, The Liberal government’s first budget in more than two years maintains heavy spending to combat the pandemic and aims to address social inequality while spurring e...

Article content Welcome to the new Canada, where on Monday the Liberal government launched a grand experiment in retrograde economic policy. It deserves a name. When the Soviet Union began to collapse back in the 1980s under the weight of too much central planning, Mikhail Gorbachev brought in Perestroika, economic reforms aimed at reducing the role of central planners, bureaucrats and politicians by increasing economic reliance on markets. Canada is now moving in the other direction. The 724-page Liberal budget, a document worthy of the great Gosplans that dominated Soviet economic life, la...

  OTTAWA -- The federal government is unveiling $101.4 billion in new spending, aimed at both supporting the country through the third COVID-19 wave, and stimulating the economic recovery post-pandemic, in a historic budget presented by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. From extending pandemic business and health supports, to putting $30 billion towards a national child-care plan, increasing the federal minimum wage, and promising $17.6 billion for green investments, Monday’s federal budget outlines how the federal Liberals propose to rebuild the Canadian eco...

Posted: Mar 16, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 16 U.S. President Joe Biden, seen on a screen on the left, listens as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers his statement from Ottawa following a virtual meeting of the two leaders on Feb. 23. The leaders committed to collaboration on climate initiatives.(Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)