Finance Committee recommends budget focus on mental health, getting under-represented groups in workforce

The Liberal-dominated committee's report recommended no new spending cuts, frustrating Conservatives, instead focusing on infrastructure, labour issues.

Liberal MP and House Finance Committee member Jennifer O'Connell, right, speaks to a staffer at a committee meeting in October. The committee recently released its pre-budget consultation report, which has 92 recommendations for boosting the Canadian economy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY EMILY HAWS

January 10, 2018

After hearing from hundreds of advocacy groups about what should be in this year's federal budget, the Liberal-dominated House Finance Committee decided last month against recommending spending cuts despite the growing budget deficit, instead urging the federal government to focus on

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