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Federal Budget 2023: How Freeland balanced fiscal concerns with cabinet, NDP demands

CA, 29 Mar 2023
As the federal government releases its 2023 budget, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has several factors she has to balance combatting inflation while also working to help Canadians dealing with the effects.

Among the factors, the government has to set the country on its "green path to the future" with the clean energy announcements made. But on top of that, Ottawa has to shore up the country's fiscal foundation for a potential slowdown of the economy.

David Akin and Mercedes Stephenson talk about the political strategizing Freeland had to navigate, and how she may have had to say no in cabinet when laying out this budget.

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