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I’m delighted to participate in the British Columbia Association of Broadcaster’s first in-person conference since the pandemic. And it’s a privilege for me to be among broadcasters with a passion for serving Canadians.
The challenges of this generation are not the monopoly of any one country or continent—nor will they be solved by anyone acting alone. And as you set off into the world today, there is not a Graduate class anywhere that is better prepared to face them. So to the Graduate class of 2023: congratulations!
There are 865,000 more Canadians working today than when COVID first hit. We have recovered 128 per cent of the jobs that were lost in those first months—compared to just 114 per cent in the United States.
The investments we are making today will be critical to the future of Toronto’s economy and the daily lives of hundreds of thousands of Torontonians. They will help to build a transit system that is reliable and sustainable. And this investment will help continue to build a city we can all be proud of and be glad to live in.
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If it receives Royal Assent, Bill C-18, the Online News Act, would establish a framework for digital platforms and news businesses to enter into agreements regarding news content that is made available online.
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.
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.
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.