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Pierre Poilivere stops on P.E.I., backs up Island's only Conservative candidate
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre visited businesses in Borden-Carleton, P.E.I., on Tuesday with Jamie Fox, who's currently the federal party's only nominated candidate. CBC's Wayne Thibodeau spoke with Poilievre during his stop in...
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School budget deadline approaching; some districts could pierce tax cap
Two additional school districts, Sachem and Amityville, could pierce the tax cap Tuesday night.
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The spring legislature sitting is over. How did it go? Depends which party you ask
The spring sitting of the P.E.I. Legislature came to a close Tuesday. CBC's Kerry Campbell spoke with PC MLA and deputy premier Bloyce Thompson, interim Liberal leader Hal Perry and interim Green leader Karla Bernard after things wrapped...
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Sachem School Board adopts budget piercing tax cap at 4.87%
The budget would prevent further spending of reserve funds and avoid widespread cuts.
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School districts face difficult decisions as state budget reveals aid payments
Costs are going up and enrollment is going down. Some districts are receiving less state aid money than anticipated.
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Millennials, Gen Z, need government help ‘now more than ever’: treasury board president
Canada's Treasury Board President Anita Anand joins CBC chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton to talk about the federal budget and its focus on young Canadians — as well as the criticism it's receiving.
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Premiers lash out at Trudeau over budget
This week’s federal budget has premiers lashing out at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over a planned increase to capital gains taxes as well as what they say is overstepping on infrastructure and pharmacare.
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Amityville schools to receive $2 million from new state budget to help reduce budget deficit, save jobs
The district approved 47 staff member layoffs, according to Assembly Member Kimberly Jean-Pierre.
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How to avoid a public transit 'death spiral'
Ottawa's OC Transpo has painted a grim long-term financial picture. It's been a million dollars short of revenue projections every month this year. CBC Ottawa's municipal affairs reporter Elyse Skura breaks down the options for...
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Lawmakers in Albany pass $237 billion state budget, restore school funding
The budget will re-instate the "hold harmless" provision and increase foundation aid by $934 million.
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Liz Truss refuses to accept blame for mortgage crisis after her mini-budget
Liz Truss refuses to accept blame for mortgage crisis after her mini-budget
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New retail theft prevention plan in state budget includes harsher charges, more patrols
Officials say $40 million would go toward a new law enforcement-run retail crime task force.
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P.E.I. MLAs work late on a Friday as PCs try to pass budget
MLAs voted to extend the hours of the P.E.I. Legislature on April 19 as the Progressive Conservative government worked to pass its budget. CBC's Wayne Thibodeau reports from outside the legislature.
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Vancouver disability advocates decry lack of support in federal budget
Advocates for people with disabilities say the federal budget didn't have enough to lift them out of poverty despite the introduction of a long-awaited national disability benefit.
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State budget proposal would consolidate Medicaid program used in hiring home health aide
There are 700 companies that help recipients with billing and other steps, but the plan would bring that number down to one.
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Lawsuit heaps further controversy on Windsor streetcar project
A fired city administrator is saying he was instructed to cover up the true cost of the Legacy Beacon site. It's an accusation that doesn't surprise riverfront activist Mike Cardinal. But Ward 9 Coun. Kieran McKenzie still feels the...
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Carmel School District closes in on budget agreement following months of debates
The Carmel Board of Education agreed not to use any of its fund balance to close the gap at its meeting this week.
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Indigenous grandmother, living with 14 people, hopes for federal housing support | Canada Tonight
Debbie Harper is a grandmother from St. Theresa Point First Nation in Manitoba. Her home is in desperate need of repairs — and support. Living in a crowded home with 14 people, she says this year's federal budget might offer a glimmer of...
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Federal budget adds billions in spending, paid for by tax hike on rich
The federal budget promises to add billions in new spending targeted at housing, young people and others, paid for by a capital gains tax increase on 40,000 of the richest Canadians.
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Federal budget adds billions in spending, hikes capital gains tax
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unveiled the government's 2024 federal budget, with spending targeted at young voters and a plan to raise capital gains taxes for some of the wealthiest Canadians.
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Federal disability benefit is a 'disappointment,' advocate says
Rabia Khedr, national director of Disability Without Poverty, says the long-awaited federal disability benefit is a disappointment. The 2024 federal budget has allocated $6.1 billion over six years toward the new benefit, with the...
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A finance expert says federal budget housing plan is heading in the right direction, but doesn’t go far enough
Simon Fraser University professor Andrey Pavlov discusses housing supports in the government's just-released federal budget.
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'We solved housing for Olympic athletes — why not for homeless people?' asks BC Today caller
Caller Rick tells BC Today host Michelle Eliot about his difficulties in finding housing, and why he feels the federal budget doesn't address homelessness with enough urgency.
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Proposed state budget includes changes to program that provides services to those in need of caregivers
Gov. Kathy said the plan is to institute a single fiscal intermediary, rather than hundreds.