The recently released proposed Alberta budget has much of the province talking as attention turns towards the upcoming provincial election in late May.
Now the man who built it, finance minister Travis Toews, is speaking to Albertans across the province to promote the proposed budget.
“Budget ‘23 really continues our fiscal plan from 2019," said Toews on Thursday, in a lunch hour speech delivered at the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce. "And the key objectives over the last three years have been about positioning Alberta’s economy for competitiveness, investment attraction, economic growth, diversification, job creation."
Many business owners remain on the fence about the proposed budget, but lunch events like Thursday’s help to inform the business community, according to chamber CEO Cyndi Bester.
“You know it’s still a bit early right with it just being released Tuesday. A lot of your entrepreneurs and your business owners are busy doing business, and so that’s why they rely on events like today,” said Bester.
Bester herself had many positive things to say about the budget, and believes that it offers a lot of benefits to Lethbridge.
"We are being noticed," Bester said. "Lethbridge is being put into documentation in the government now. And that’s really important. So that people know ‘oh Lethbridge is doing this, Lethbridge is succeeding at that’.”
Some members of the business community are less optimistic about the budget, and believe it doesn’t do enough to protect local businesses.
“Anything would’ve helped,” said Nancy Graham manager of Cuppers Coffee. “Even if it’s just some recognition of the fact that businesses have struggled and individuals are struggling even now. I mean I think that’s a universal truth. But I didn’t hear anything on that at all.”
The Canada Revenue Agency will pilot a new automatic system next year to help vulnerable Canadians who don't file their taxes get their benefits. This week's federal budget says the Canada Revenue Agency will also present a plan in 2024 to expand the service, following consultations with stakeholders and community organizations.
When the doors close at night at the administration office at Yukon's Carcross Tagish First Nation, a van hits the road and drives through the communities to offer naloxone to reverse overdoses, drug testing kits, food and even a friendly face to help those struggling because of the opioid crisis.
Thundersnow has struck southern Ontario for a second time this month.
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The closely watched trial over a 2016 ski collision between Gwyneth Paltrow and the retired optometrist suing her for the injuries he sustained is expected to draw to a close Thursday, when attorneys give closing arguments and send the case to the eight-member jury.
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RCMP officers executed a search warrant at a protest camp on Wet'suwet'en traditional territory near the under-construction Coastal GasLink pipeline Wednesday.
The Riverview Hospital itself has been closed for more than a decade, but 289 people are currently receiving treatment for mental health, addictions or both at the old site.
Vancouver city council has asked staff to shape a policy that would require grant recipients to engage with officials in a "respectful manner," a move that one political scientist says suggests an attempt to prevent or punish criticism.
After a man was fatally stabbed outside of a Vancouver Starbucks in front of dozens of witnesses, video of the attack is circulating on social media, raising questions about why nobody stepped in to help.
The public inquiry that investigated the April 2020 mass murder of 22 people in Nova Scotia is releasing its final report today.
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After British Columbia singled out a Nova Scotia practitioner for writing thousands of Ozempic prescriptions to Americans through pharmacies in metro Vancouver, officials in Nova Scotia began looking into the matter.
A man was taken to hospital with serious injuries following a police shooting in Duncan, B.C., on Tuesday evening.
A Vancouver Island non-profit is calling for more support for women who suffer a brain injury at the hands of a violent partner.
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A man is dead after being pulled from a fire at a home in Toronto’s Junction Triangle neighbourhood.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford will be in Hamilton Thursday morning for a news conference.
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The CAQ government has unveiled its long-promised plan to improve Quebec's public health network. Tabled at the Quebec legislature Wednesday by Health Minister Christian Dubé, Bill 15 promises a major shakeup.
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The long-awaited southern extension to Ottawa's light rail network is facing a further delay, a city committee heard Wednesday.
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Waterloo Regional Police say they are in a Kitchener neighbourhood as part of an ongoing investigation.
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It was a packed house at Wilfrid Laurier University on Wednesday night, with many sitting in to listen to a key note speech by a peace activist known around the world as ‘the girl in the picture’.
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Robert Steven Wright was convicted Wednesday of murdering Renee Sweeney, a little more than 25 years after her brutal killing shocked the community.
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The federal government unveiled its spring budget Tuesday, with a clean economy as the centrepiece, and detailing targeted measures to help Canadians deal with still-high inflation.
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The City of Regina is waiting for an update regarding the next steps for the Experience Regina rebrand.
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