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A $78B deficit, public service cuts, new tax measures: Highlights of budget 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government delivered its first budget Tuesday, promising “a new era of leadership and a new economic foundation.” Source link
Goodbye oil and gas cap? Ottawa signals it’s gone, with some caveats
After months of speculation, the federal government is signalling its intention to eliminate the oil and gas emissions cap. But it comes with some strings attached. Source link
Carney budget to slash public service by 16,000 over 3 years
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget seeks to slash the public service by 16,000 full-time equivalent positions, or about 4.5 per cent of the workforce, over three years. Source link
Budget ushers in 'transformational' era for federal public service
Budget 2025 aims to trim the size of the federal public service, but also promises an early retirement incentive, less reliance on external consultants and a made-in-Canada AI tool to be deployed across the government. Source link
Quebec extends hand to doctors, suspends parts of special law in bid to resume talks
Quebec’s health minister and treasury board president said they will be suspending two measures of Bill 2, with the hope of persuading doctors’ federations to return to the bargaining table. Source link
Remains of hostage turned over in Gaza, Israeli military says
The remains of a hostage in Gaza have been turned over and are now in Israel, the military said Tuesday, in the latest sign of progress under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Source link