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The Liberals can no longer pretend deficits don’t matter
Konrad Yakabuski
alberta
Firefighters question UCP budget cuts to aerial attack teams as Alberta battles wildfires
A smoke column rises from wildfire EWF-035 near Shining Bank, Alberta, Canada May 5, 2023. Alberta Wildfire/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
car review
I have access to hydro, mostly take short trips and budget isn’t an issue. What car should I get?
2022 Lexus NX 450h+
canada
Liberals reject policy resolution that would have called on them to make balancing the budget and mandatory voting part of platform
A stagehand works on the stage in between presenters at the 2023 Liberal National Convention in Ottawa on Thursday, May 4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
alberta
Confidence in Danielle Smith is the question dogging UCP in the lead-up to Alberta’s provincial election
United Conservative Party leader Danielle Smith, centre, speaks at a campaign launch rally in Calgary, Alta., Saturday, April 29, 2023. Albertans go to the poles in a provincial election in May. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
travel
Five affordable travel destinations for summer 2023
Benagil, Carvoeiro, Portugal
arts
Why Hollywood writers are striking and the immediate impact
Actor Camille Chen pickets in support of members of The Writers Guild of America outside of Universal Studios Thursday, May 4, 2023, in Universal City, Calif. The first Hollywood strike in 15 years commenced Tuesday as the 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America stopped working when their contract expired. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
politics
Balanced budget, electoral reform back on policy agenda for Liberals at convention
FILE PHOTO: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
report on business
Ottawa’s $4-billion program to upgrade businesses’ digital tools sees little uptake in first year
Corey Stanton, tending to the chickens he raises on his Odessa, Ontario farm, is photographed on April 28, 2023. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail) Stanton received a federal grant to build a new, user-friendly website and an email marketing strategy to expand the farms' reach. Stanton said there was an increase in business after he received the grant.
canada
Graduate students, researchers protest for living wage and scholarship increases
Protester march on St George St. for the nation-wide walkout on Monday, May 1, 2023. This protest is to demand a federal increase to funding for all graduate students and postdocs grants scholarships/ fellowships and grants. Tuan Minh Nguyen/ The Globe and Mail
british columbia
Police use-of-force training hamstrung by budget constraints, Myles Gray inquest hears
Protesters hold banners with a photograph of Myles Gray, who died following a confrontation with several police officers in 2015, before the start of a coroner's inquest into his death, in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday, April 17, 2023. The British Columbia coroner's inquest into the death of Myles Gray has heard from the first non-police witness who was at the scene where the 33-year-old died. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
alberta
Calgary could shoulder most cost overruns if $1.2-billion arena deal goes over budget
The Scotiabank Saddledome is shown with Calgary's downtown area in the background on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
health & fitness
Save on groceries: Price match, buy in season product, cook from scratch and more budget-friendly tips
FILE PHOTO: A man arranges produce at Best World Supermarket in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C., U.S., August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo
toronto
Ottawa, Toronto to jointly fund purchase of 340 new electric buses for TTC fleet
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, speaks during a news conference, in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 30, 2023. The federal government and the City of Toronto are jointly funding the purchase of 340 zero emission transit buses for the city. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
energy and resources
Canada’s financial support for clean energy transition is competitive with U.S., report says
A new solar panel array is installed in Scugog, Ont. on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. A new report says the financial support Canada is offering for the clean energy transition is competitive with the Inflation Reduction Act south of the border. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
british columbia
B.C.’s credit rating downgraded after recent deficit-spending budget
Minister of Finance Katrine Conroy tables her first budget as Premier David Eby looks on in the legislative assembly at legislature in Victoria, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
politics
Ottawa aims to lock in equalization formula until 2029 as part of omnibus budget motion
Canada's premiers hold a press conference following a meeting on health care in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. The federal government is aiming to lock in the equalization formula for payments to provinces until 2029, as part of an omnibus motion in Parliament that seeks to implement budget measures. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
alberta
Edmonton councillors budgeting for the ‘small stuff’
Participant Ameena Taher and City Councilor Keren Tang pictured in Edmonton Alberta, April 4 2023. Two city councillors are bringing participatory budgeting to the city and province for the first time ever. Jason Franson/The Globe and Mail.
report on business
Beware risk of ‘mutually sabotaging competition’ on corporate subsidies: Freeland
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 12: Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland delivers remarks during an event at the Peterson Institute for International Economics on April 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. Freeland addressed Canada's response to inflation, economic stability and the future of global trade. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
film
Indigenous Screen Office on edge of ‘funding cliff’ after being excluded from federal budget
Kerry Swanson, Indigenous Screen Office head. Credit: Redworks Photography
report on business
Lynx Air’s seasoned CEO aims to write a new story for the budget airline
Lynx Air CEO Merren McArthur with one of the airlines Boeing 737 Max jets in Calgary, Alberta April 11, 2023. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
politics
Liberals expand loans and grants in federal budget, but students hoping for more next year
University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus credit: Martin Dee
opinion
The biggest thing in the budget was Ottawa subsidizing provincial power
Campbell Clark
young money
‘Fiscal restraint’ in federal budget is impossible when generational tension ignored
Paul Kershaw
politics
Minister Harjit Sajjan says Liberals might reverse foreign-aid drop if economy bounces back
International Development Minister Harjit S. Sajjan speaks at a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, March 27, 2023. Sajjan says his government might boost foreign aid if the Canadian economy rebounds, after a drop in development funding that has the sector preparing to cut programs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
world
Ukraine PM to visit Canada seeking ammunition, armoured vehicles ahead of counteroffensive
Ukrainian servicemen ride on Dutch YPR-765 armoured personnel carrier (APC) on a road near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on April 6, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP) (Photo by GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images)
politics
Dental hygienists prepare for influx of people who haven’t had teeth cleaned for years
Dentist Joey Chi-Cheng Yu, back, performs a filling procedure on a patient's worn tooth surface with the help of dental assistant Jennifer Tang at a dental practice he shares with his father, in Vancouver, on Thursday November 22, 2018. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
advisor news
How the budget’s changes to the AMT, RDSP and RESP affect financial plans
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland delivers the federal budget in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. The federal Liberals' latest budget announced new spending primarily on the clean economy and health care, but even with the tighter focus, the federal government is projected to continue running deficits over the next five years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
politics
Battle looms between Canadian defence officials, decision-makers after federal budget
A Canadian Forces Leopard 2A4 tank displays it's firepower on the firing range at CFB Gagetown in Oromocto, N.B., Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. A battle is brewing between Canadian defence officials and federal decision-makers as the Trudeau government looks for ways to save billions of dollars over the next few years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Smith
globe climate newsletter
Globe Climate: Do we need a moratorium to save the mackerel population?
School of Atlantic mackerel swim beneath the ocean surface (3m depth)
your practice
How the federal budget affects small business succession plans
Female and male entrepreneurs discussing while standing in modern coffee shop
report on business
Rogers-Shaw deal, warnings about AI and how the federal budget affects you: Must-read business and investing stories
FILE PHOTO: Ethernet cables are seen in front of Rogers and Shaw Communications logos in this illustration taken, July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustrations//File Photo
opinion
How a government vision ages
Shannon Proudfoot
opinion
Ottawa’s budget proposals are a start but they only scratch the surface of bank risks
Rita Trichur
british columbia
Freeland meets B.C. Premier, defends budget’s lack of new funding for affordable housing
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland and B.C. Premier David Eby arrive for a news conference after touring Powertech Labs, in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
politics
Ukraine supporters concerned over lack of new military aid in federal budget
A resident looks into a crater left by a shell in a residential area in Druzhkivka, eastern Ukraine, March 30, 2023. (Mauricio Lima/The New York Times)