Liberals speed up deficit reduction track with help of buoyant tax revenues
Big-ticket items in the last federal budget of this majority Liberal government include more than $6.2-billion to expand federal financing of rental construction, $1-billion for increasing access to drugs for rare diseases, and more than $1.7-billion for low-income seniors.
The Liberal government’s annual deficit is on pace to shrink to under $10-billion by 2023, faster than projected last fall, fiscal projections in Tuesday’s pre-election budget reveal.
With only seven months left before Canadia...
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