Liberals harness more spending power to fight COVID and lay out election-ready agenda

The package is meant to keep the economy afloat as Canada grapples with the unexpectedly fierce second wave of COVID-19 while laying the groundwork once a vaccine is in place for a long-term recovery.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland presented on Nov. 30 a 237-page package of new supports for businesses and individuals touching nearly every facet of the country’s life.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

November 30, 2020

OTTAWA—Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland reopened Ottawa’s spending taps to help Canadians cope with the epidemic while setting out an expansive, equity-focused agenda for the next Liberal election campaign. In her first accounting of government spending since she took over as finance minister...

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