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Focus is on Bank of Canada’s decision on interest rates in this week’s Advisor Lookahead
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opinion
Thumbs up: Budget 2023 has a credible fiscal plan – deficit, spending are modest
Kevin Page
canada
Ontario aims to balance budget in 2025, ends paid sick days
Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy rises to table the provincial budget at the legislature at Queen's Park in Toronto on Thursday, March 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
canada
Ontario to table budget amid both surging revenues, potential slowdown
politics
Freeland drafting 2023 budget with an eye to fiscal restraint
Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks to the media in Hamilton, Ont., during the second day of meetings at the Liberal Cabinet retreat, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Leading international aid agencies in Canada are asking Freeland to increase the country’s foreign assistance contributions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn
politics
Budget deficit will rise temporarily because of 2023 slowdown: PBO
Centre Block is shown through the gates of Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb. 11, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
british columbia
B.C. premier says some deficits require spending as NDP prepares to table budget
B.C. Premier David Eby announces a new public safety plan in Vancouver on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
politics
Federal government posts $5.5-billion deficit for April to December
FILE PHOTO: A Canadian flag flies in front of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
canada
Ontario government to table budget March 23
Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister of Finance of Ontario speaks with the media during the Finance Ministers' Meeting in Toronto, on Friday, February 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
canada
Ontario resilient enough to weather possible recession, finance minister says
Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister of Finance of Ontario speaks with the media during the Finance Ministers' Meeting in Toronto, on Friday, February 3, 2023. Ontario's finance minister says the province's economy is resilient enough to withstand a possible recession. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
politics
Federal deficit stood at $3.6-billion with four months left in 2022-23 fiscal year
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland appears as a witness at a Senate committee on national finance in Ottawa on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $3.6 billion in the first eight months of the fiscal year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
politics
Federal government posts $1.9-billion deficit in October, pushing year-to-date finances into the red
(FILES) In this file photo a Canadian flag flies in front of the peace tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada on December 4, 2015. - The Canadian economy contracted by an annualized rate of 1.1 percent in the second quarter, after having roared back from a pandemic downturn in previous months, the national statistical agency said on August 31, 2021. Economists were expecting continued growth, but increases in business and government spending, according to Statistics Canada, were insufficient to offset a decline in exports and a slowdown in housing resales. (Photo by GEOFF ROBINS / AFP) (Photo by GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images)
market news
Canadian dollar posts biggest decline in six weeks as China outlook weighs
A loonie is pictured in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2015.
opinion
The Liberals could do more to fight inflation, but at least they’re not making things worse
The Editorial Board
fiscal outlook
Five highlights from the government’s fall economic statement as Canada nears a recession
Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland attends a news conference about the fall economic statement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable
politics
Chrystia Freeland to release fall fiscal update on Nov. 3
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland rises during Question Period, Wednesday, September 28, 2022 in Ottawa. Equitable Bank says the federal finance minister has approved the company's deal to buy digital rival Concentra Bank. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
politics
Ottawa posts $90.2-billion deficit for 2021-22 fiscal year
The Peace Tower is seen through the front gates of Parliament Hill in Ottawa in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Public Services and Procurement Canada says it's investigating what led to a Parliament Hill language interpreter needing an ambulance ride last week, adding that it's the third hospitalization in recent years.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
Ontario posts $2.1-billion surplus with higher-than-expected revenue
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and members of province's legislature pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth and parliament swear allegiance to King Charles III in Toronto on Wednesday September 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
football
Week 2 provides a Comeback Sunday NFL hasn’t seen in years
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - SEPTEMBER 18: Wide receiver Tyreek Hill #10 of the Miami Dolphins celebrates while scoring his second pass touchdown against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium on September 18, 2022 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
british columbia
B.C. finance minister says financial outlook improving, forecasts $706-million surplus
Finance Minister Selina Robinson talks about financial aid due to inflation and the cost-of-living increases and support during a press conference at Goudy Field in Langford, B.C., on Wednesday, September 7, 2022. Robinson says preliminary financial numbers for the first three months of the current fiscal year show the province is in a strong position despite ongoing global economic risks. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito