Ottawa, ON (WNews) – The federal government will unveil its first federal budget in more than two years on April 19, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said in the House of Commons today.
The federal government will table its first budget in more than two years on April 19, 2021.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced the hotly anticipated date for Budget 2021 in question period on Tuesday in keeping with tradition on how budget dates are normally revealed.
The last budget was tabled on March 19, 2019.
Former finance minister Bill Morneau delayed the budget that was scheduled for March 2020 as the House of Commons shut down amid the escalating coronavirus pandemic crisis.
Since then, the federal government has rolled out hundreds of billions of dollars worth of pandemic spending on a wide range of programs including new benefit programs like the Canada Emergency Response Benefit and the Canada Recovery Benefit, as well as tax deferrals and industrial subsidies.
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