Guesswork, hopes, and risks: budget-making in the post-COVID haze

Even though Chrystia Freeland says she prioritizes economic expansion, this budget coming right after the Liberal-NDP deal will be seen by some as cementing a pronounced shift to the left by the government.

The choices made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland are likely to reverberate through Canada’s economy, political landscape, and international relations for years to come, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

April 4, 2022

OTTAWA—Subject to election cycles, political trends, and economic shifts, budgets can range from the historic to pre-election giveaways to do-nothing holding patterns. But the budget to be delivered Thursday by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, coming after two years of a norm-destroying pandem...

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