| Department of Finance Canada | speeches
Canada’s economy has made a remarkable recovery from the COVID recession. Last year, Canada delivered the strongest economic growth in the G7, and in the first quarter of this year, our economic growth surpassed expectations.
| Department of Finance Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance, will be in Gatineau, Quebec, to meet with community and business leaders to discuss Budget 2023 and to highlight federal budget investments in a strong middle class, an affordable economy, and a healthy future.
| Department of Finance Canada | statements
Canada and our constituency partners are firmly committed to supporting the government and people of Ukraine in their fight against Russia’s illegal invasion. Since February 2022, Canada has provided over C$8 billion in direct financial, military, and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, and imposed strict sanctions on Russia and Belarus. Ireland has contributed bilaterally, via EU support, and through extensive support to refugees.
| Department of Finance Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance, will be in Saint John, New Brunswick, to meet with community and business leaders to discuss Budget 2023 and to highlight federal budget investments in a strong middle class, an affordable economy, and a healthy future.
| Department of Finance Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance, met with community and business leaders in Saint John to discuss Budget 2023 and to highlight the government’s plan to build Canada’s clean economy—one that is good for workers, good for business, good for the environment, and which makes life more affordable for all Canadians from coast to coast to coast.
| Department of Finance Canada | news releases
Canadians are proud of our universal publicly funded health care system. No matter how much money people make, where they were born or what their parents do, they can receive the care they need. However, our public health care system is not delivering the high-quality care that Canadians deserve. For example, surgeries have been postponed or cancelled. Our public health care system, and the workers who uphold it, are under enormous strain. This situation was made worse by the pandemic and requires immediate action.
| Department of Finance Canada | news releases
This week, from April 12 to 14, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, will visit Washington, D.C., to attend the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.
| Department of Finance Canada | speeches
That means great careers like the careers all of you have here. That’s why the budget we tabled last week included a major investment tax credit for clean technology manufacturing—including for extracting, processing, and recycling the critical minerals like the ones that Newfoundland and Labrador has in such fortunate abundance. These tax credits build on the $3.8 billion Critical Minerals Strategy we launched in last year’s budget.
| Department of Finance Canada | news releases
Today in Edmonton, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance, met with workers at Lehigh Cement, to highlight Budget 2023’s investments toward creating good middle class jobs and in particular the new clean investment tax credits.
| Department of Finance Canada | speeches
First, I would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the ancestral, unceded homelands of the Mi’kmaq and Beothuk. I am so happy to be here in beautiful St. John’s. And I’m really glad to have spent some time today with these incredible Ironworkers, and with the very talented Plumbers and Pipefitters of UA Local 740.
