Freeland Pushes ‘Essential Investments’ in Budget as NDP Quiet on Support

While the New Democrats have yet to state whether or not they will vote for the 2024 budget proposed by the Liberal government, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters she had been in discussions with the NDP’s finance critic over the weekend. Ms. Freeland, who also serves as deputy prime minister, spoke to reporters in Montreal on April 22, following a tour of a start-up company in the city. When asked about critical NDP support for the 2024 federal budget, Ms. Freeland said: “We have had good conversations with the NDP as we built the budget all along the way. I had a very good conversation with my finance critic, Don Davies, over the weekend.”...