Economics, affordability top agenda as Liberal cabinet meets in Montreal | 24CA News

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Published 22.01.2024
Economics, affordability top agenda as Liberal cabinet meets in Montreal  | 24CA News

Officials say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shall be placing a giant emphasis on insurance policies that assist Canada’s center class as he prepares to chair a cupboard retreat in Montreal over the following three days.

His governing crew kicks off the retreat Sunday night with a working dinner, adopted by two full days of conferences getting ready for the House of Commons to renew sitting subsequent week.


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His spokespeople say the largest emphasis initially shall be on affordability measures, together with the necessity to stabilize meals costs and authorities packages just like the $10-a-day nationwide child-care initiative now shifting into its third yr.

The baby care program is one among Trudeau’s signature insurance policies and is closely touted by the federal government as a constructive for ladies’s participation within the workforce and financial development.

But there are some provinces turning again to Ottawa on the lookout for extra funding as inflation has raised prices for daycare operators quicker than authorities funding has stored up.

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Economics and affordability, together with housing prices and provide, will kind the primary focus of the retreat over the primary day, with international politics and the upcoming election within the United States on faucet for Tuesday.

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