Carney Liberals launching new skilled training strategy, deficit projected at $65.3B

Feds announce $6B ‘Team Canada Strong’ skilled trades program

The Liberal government’s spring economic update says the country doesn’t have enough workers to build out its planned infrastructure

Spring financial update outlines $11.3-billion targeting sports, job training, affordability measures

The 2025-26 deficit is down $11.4-billion compared to the 2025 budget’s forecast, but will reach nearly the same level projected for 2026-27, with an anticipated deficit of $65.3-billion.

Carney Liberals launching new skilled training strategy, deficit projected at $65.3B

In his first-ever spring economic update, Prime Minister Mark Carney is promising to spend billions on a strategy to train more skilled workers to help deliver on its plans to build big.

Liberals on better-than-expected ground, plan to spend billions on skilled trades in economic update

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne's spring economic update finds the Liberal government sitting in a better-than-expected position — driven by a resilient economy and surging oil prices — which it's using to justify billions in new spending to train up tens of thousands of skilled workers.

Carney government commits $6B to boost skilled trades

The strategy will fund recruitment, wage subsidies for placements and apprenticeships, upgrades to training facilities, reforms to certifications and bonuses for getting certified.

Carney's fiscal update shows smaller Canadian deficit, new spending

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's fiscal update on Tuesday committed billions of dollars in new spending on a new skilled worker program and infrastructure and projected a smaller deficit for its... -April 28, 2026 at 04:04 pm EDT MarketScreener