Feds give $35-million boost to National Capital Commission

In its first budget in more than two years, Ottawa is also allocating $11-million to help tackle anti-Asian racism in the wake of a pandemic year that has seen a ‘disturbing trend’ of reported incidents.

The first budget of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured in November 2020, aims to ‘conquer’ the coronavirus while helping the country ‘punch’ its way through the recession.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

April 19, 2021

The Trudeau government’s pandemic budget sets the stage for a host of spending measures in response to the public-health crisis and other ongoing commitments that would be found in any given year, including a $35-million boost to the National Capital Commission.

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