The government will need the support of at least one major opposition party for the budget to pass
The central bank will suspend or discontinue market liquidity-focused programs beginning in early April
The recovery will hit a pothole in the first quarter, the central bank said
Mandate letter tells minister to use “whatever fiscal firepower” is necessary while also avoiding “new permanent spending”
Loosened public health restrictions allowed businesses to reopen
Proposal would boost benefits to unemployed workers to $500 per week
PM says the government hopes fewer people will need the benefit as businesses reopen
The NDP says such a law would hurt the people CERB is supposed to help