Feds Table $13B for Housing in New Budget, but This Advocate Wants to See the Details

Federal budget offers tax relief to a 'very small' group of homebuyers

Ron Butler, a mortgage broker at Butler Mortgage, talks about what is in federal budget 2025 for homebuyers. Watch now

Feds table $13B for housing in new budget, but this advocate wants to see the details

Prime Minister Mark Carney tabled his first budget in Ottawa on Tuesday, and it includes $13 billion over five years for housing. But a non-profit organization based in St. John’s says it's waiting to see if the money will actually be able to help Newfoundland and Labrador.

Canada budget 2025: Will Canadians see pocketbook relief?

Prime Minister Mark Carney's first budget is not likely to produce meaningful short-term change for average Canadians, focusing on longer-term growth and prosperity instead.

Funding government climate change programs costs every Canadian over $12,000 – Brooks Bulletin

Figures are just the cost of funding government programs, not the cost of the impact of these programs on the economy. LORRIE GOLDSTEINTORONTO SUNFiguring out how much Canadians are paying for government climate change programs is difficult because the information is scattered across the three levels of government we have in Canada.That said, a rough estimate of the cost for federal, provincial and territorial programs alone (excluding municipal…

Budget 2025: A Capital Investment Agenda - Policy Magazine

Shutterstock By Kevin Page November 5, 2025 Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne tabled Budget 2025 on November 4th, 2025. Given the spring election and the government’s commitment to change the financial cycle by tabling budgets in the fall, Parliament and Canadians are getting two budgets in one (2025 and 2026). Margaret Atwood has said that the difficulty of governing from the centre is that you get attacked from both sides. The Liber…