OTTAWA—The federal government will release a highly anticipated budget in about four weeks, giving Canadians a detailed accounting of pandemic spending and how the Liberals plan to spend billions more on the road out of COVID-19. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced Tuesday the federal Liberals will table a budget on April 19. It will be the first federal budget in more than two years, after the government opted not to introduce one in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in Canada. It will also be Freeland’s first budget as finance minister; she took on the portfolio last summer following Bill Morneau’s resignation. Freeland said the government went into the pandemic with strong finances, which allowed it to provide unprecedented support to Canadians. “We will continue to do whatever it takes to support Canadians and Canadian businesses,” Freeland told the House of Commons Tuesday. “And we have a plan for …
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