Prime Minister Mark Carney's first federal budget is expected to be bold and ambitious, meeting the current moment, but potentially at a high cost.
The last update on Ottawa's finances was in the fall economic statement of December 2024, which projected a $48.3 billion deficit for 2024-25, aiming to reduce it to $23 billion by 2029-30.
Carney's government, which promised to reduce reliance on the United States amidst a trade war, may not follow the previously outlined path to deficit reduction.
Carney has promised that his first budget will be bold, ambitious, and “meet this moment”
Author's summary: PM Mark Carney's first budget expected to be bold.