| Department of Finance Canada | backgrounders
Canada’s universal public health care system, and the workers who uphold it, are under enormous strain—a situation that was only made worse by the pandemic. Budget 2023 includes significant investments to build a healthier Canada.
| Department of Finance Canada | backgrounders
Since 2015, the federal government’s focus has been on investing in the middle class, growing the economy, strengthening Canada’s social safety net, and making life more affordable for Canadians.
| Department of Finance Canada | backgrounders
To ensure every Canadian has a safe and affordable place to call home, Budget 2022 and the 2022 Fall Economic Statement announced significant investments to make housing more affordable from coast to coast to coast. Budget 2023 proposes new measures to build on this important progress.
| Department of Finance Canada | backgrounders
Today, the world’s major economies are moving at an unprecedented pace to fight climate change, retool their economies, and build the net-zero industries of tomorrow. Budget 2023 investments in abundant and low-cost clean electricity will underpin other investments needed to create hundreds of thousands of middle class jobs, provide the energy that will power our daily lives and the entire Canadian economy, and provide more affordable energy to millions upon millions of Canadian homes.
| Department of Finance Canada | backgrounders
Since 2015, the federal government has worked with Indigenous partners to advance reconciliation and made significant distinctions-based investments to respond to the unique histories, interests, and priorities of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities.
| Department of Finance Canada | backgrounders
Investing in our communities means tackling the systemic discrimination and hate that too many racialized Canadians, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, women, and 2SLGBTQI+ Canadians still face. Budget 2023 introduces new measures that will build stronger communities and a more equitable and inclusive Canada—for everyone.
| Department of Finance Canada | backgrounders
Budget 2023 proposes new investments to ensure Canadians can count on fast and effective services from the federal government, and receive the benefits they are entitled to in a timely manner.
| Department of Finance Canada | speeches
Canada’s economy has made a remarkable recovery from the COVID recession.
| Department of Finance Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, released Budget 2023—A Made-in-Canada Plan: Strong Middle Class, Affordable Economy, Healthy Future.
| Department of Finance Canada | statements
1. The representatives of the Group of Creditors of Ukraine held a meeting on 23 March 2023, in the presence of representatives of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, to provide financing assurances to support the approval by the IMF Executive Board of the envisaged IMF programme for Ukraine, which would help to restore the country’s macroeconomic stability.
