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Nova Scotia budget includes reserve fund and tax cuts amid U.S. tariff threats
Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative government is planning its first post-election budget Tuesday amid economic uncertainty created by the threat of tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump. John Lohr fields a question in Halifax on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Mark Carney has a different idea of budget discipline
Campbell Clark
Spending more after getting that big pay increase? How to avoid lifestyle creep
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opinion
Now’s the time to shore up your family finances: trim your spending and set aside some cash
Anita Bruinsma
Senate confirms Project 2025 architect Russell Vought to lead powerful White House budget office
Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's choice for Director of the Office of Management and Budget, attends a Senate Budget Committee hearing on his nomination, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
France’s government survives a no-confidence vote, state budget is finally adopted
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou sits on the ministers bench after delivering his general policy speech, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025 at the National Assembly in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Work under way to shut down USAID as part of government cost-cutting drive, Musk says
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 03: A person attempts to enter the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) headquarters on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Elon Musk, tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), said in a social media post that he and U.S. President Donald Trump will shut down the foreign assistance agency. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
French budget talks teeter on brink of collapse, raising doubts about government’s survival
France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou speaks during a session of questions to the government at the National Assembly, France's lower house fo parliament, in Paris, on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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How can Allan and Liza, both 47, find room in their family budget for an annual vacation?
Financial Facelift, on January 24, 2025. (Nick Iwanyshyn/The Globe and Mail)
opinion
The Liberals’ slow walk in a fast-changing world
The Editorial Board
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How to get better 2025 budgets from federal and provincial governments
William Robson and Nicholas Dahir
opinion
New Year’s financial resolutions for parents
Erin Bury
opinion
Freeland departs, after a heroic effort to hold the deficit to $62-billion
Andrew Coyne
Manitoba projects $1.3-billion deficit in mid-year fiscal update
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and Finance Minister Adrien Sala speak to media before the provincial budget is read at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Eight highlights from the Liberal government’s fall economic update
A person walks near Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
opinion
Travel is a luxury these days. Is it still financially feasible for me to travel with my children?
Erin Bury
Stressed about the cost of the holidays? How to talk to loved ones about cutting back
Experts say it’s common to be stressed about money around the holidays, but that talking to friends and family about your budget — and maybe even agreeing to financial caps on gift-giving — can remove a lot of stress from the holiday season. People make their way through the falling snow in downtown Ottawa, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
opinion
Ottawa has abandoned any pretence of controlling its spending
Robert Asselin
B.C. government freezes hiring ahead of contract talks with civil servants’ union
B.C. Premier David Eby holds a press conference at the legislature in Victoria, Nov. 13. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
MPs approve $21.6-billion in supplementary spending; Conservatives vote against
The Canada flag flies atop the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, May 5, 2023. The federal government has been working for months to prepare a list of sensitive research areas and the names of labs and institutions considered a risk to national security. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim works to cut budget after controversial increases
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim speaks during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. Mayors from several B.C. municipalities say the provincial and federal governments need to take "immediate action" to tackle mental health and public safety issues that have reached crisis levels in Vancouver and other cities across the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
How to teach your kids how to buy gifts - without spending too much
Anita Bruinsma
Unions warn of job and service cuts as federal departments given Nov. 20 deadline to find savings
President of the Treasury Board and Transport Minister Anita Anand rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Ottawa would have to double military spending to meet NATO target, budget watchdog says
FILE PHOTO: A Canadian flag flies in front of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo
‘Nothing to fall back on’: Money mistakes young people make and how to avoid them
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opinion
What are we talking about when we talk about defence spending?
Ken Hansen
French PM hands task of steering 2025 budget to little-known duo
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier takes part in the evening news broadcast of French TV channel France 2 at the France Televisions studios in Paris, on September 22, 2024. (Photo by Julie SEBADELHA / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JULIE SEBADELHA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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How to achieve financial fitness in 15 minutes per week
Elderly spouses sitting on couch at home planning budget check bills cheques, computer, documents and calculator on coffee table, close up cropped concept image, couple manage family expenses concept
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I meal plan to save money. Here’s how I spend $8 a day on groceries
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Financial pressures difficult, but not the time for service, support cuts, says Eby
Premier David Eby says the New Democrat government remains committed to providing services and supports for people in British Columbia and cuts are not on his agenda. Conroy tables the budget as Eby looks on at the legislature in Victoria, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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I’m a vegetarian on a tight budget. Here’s how I make meals for one on $50 a week
I’m a vegetarian on a tight budget. Here’s how I make meals for one on $50 a week