Canada budget 2022 focuses on affordability and productivity
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland framed the 2022 budget around affordability and boosting productivity with housing dental care and a tax on excess bank profits. The Liberal minority government relies on the NDP deal as Jagmeet Singh supports the budget while warning of ongoing global risk.
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Rise in COVID-19 cases prompts caution in Alberta
Alberta health minister Jason Copping warns of a gradual rise in PCR positivity and wastewater indicators across the province noting Omicron BA.2 remains dominant. He says no new public health measures are planned as cases and hospitalizations are not expected to overload the system.
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Jean sworn in as Fort McMurray MLA joins UCP caucus
Brian Jean was sworn in as the MLA for Fort McMurray Lac La Biche and said he will sit with the United Conservative Party caucus despite public criticism of Premier Jason Kenney. Jean noted he won the UCP nomination and election on the party banner and will work under the mandate to pressure Kenney from within. The caucus says he is a member and will attend the next meeting. The return of several members to independents or calls for Kenney's resignation have not changed their caucus status.
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City welcomes federal carbon capture strategy
The 2022-23 federal budget allocates 2.6 billion for tax credits to support carbon capture and storage upgrades and deliveries. Medicine Hat's Invest Medicine Hat says the credits could offset about half the costs for hub partners, aiding the southeast Alberta sequestration project and hydrogen plans. Industry officials welcomed the move as a major step forward for the CCUS hub.
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