Canada has made a remarkable recovery from the COVID recession. Canada’s economic growth was the strongest in the G7 over the last year, and today, 865,000 more Canadians are employed than before the pandemic, including 136,900 in Quebec. Inflation in Canada has fallen for eight months in a row, our unemployment rate is near its record low, and, supported by our Canada-wide system of affordable early learning and child care, the labour force participation rate for women aged 25 to 54 reached a record high of 85.7 per cent in February.
While Canada stretches nearly ten million square kilometres, from the Pacific to the Arctic to the Atlantic Ocean, there are just 39 million of us—barely a tenth the size of the United States.
“Today I chaired the first in-person meeting of the “Five Finance Ministers” hosted at the U.S. Treasury, which included my counterparts from Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States."
Since Russia’s unjustified and illegal invasion of Ukraine began over one year ago, and especially in recent weeks, we have seen a notable rise in cyber threat activity by Russian-aligned actors targeting Ukraine’s partners.
The Honourable David Lametti, P.C., K.C., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and Kevin Lamoureux, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg North, Manitoba, will announce support for youth justice services in Manitoba.
Today the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Joyce Murray, and the Member of Parliament for Richmond Centre, Wilson Miao, visited the Grand Value Asian Supermarket in Richmond to highlight Budget 2023’s investments to make life more affordable, including the new Grocery Rebate.
The Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, and the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will make an announcement and participate in a signing ceremony.
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Today, the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, was in Guelph, Ontario to meet with community workers at The SEED and 10C to highlight Budget 2023’s investments, like the new Grocery Rebate to help Canadians with the rising cost of living.
Today, the Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra visited Sysco Vancouver, in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, to highlight Budget 2023’s investments in making life more affordable.
