Today, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, and the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Quebec Lieutenant, announced significant progress to deliver Canada’s housing plan.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance will provide an update on the government’s economic plan. She will be joined by the Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Quebec Lieutenant, Jean-Yves Duclos.
The time has come for us to be decisive about pushing Russian oil out of the world market. That Russian oil is quite literally funding Putin’s war machine. We’ve taken significant steps to push that Russian oil out of the world market. Now, we need to move further and work harder. And I believe, Canada believes, that now is the moment to undertake that work with our allies. And I’m glad to be saying that to you here at UCC Alberta because Canada as an energy power, Alberta as an energy power, has a real voice and a real role to play in making it possible for us, as the G7, to really push Russian oil out of the global market.
Today, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, announced that now nearly 1 million Canadians have opened a Tax-Free First Home Savings Account to save for their first downpayment.
Today, the Department of Finance is launching consultations to help inform the Minister of Finance’s decision regarding National Bank of Canada’s proposed acquisition of Canadian Western Bank, which was first announced on June 11, 2024.
Today in Sault Ste. Marie, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, visited Royal Canadian Legion Branch 25 at 96 Great Northern Road, where construction was recently completed on 108 new affordable homes for veterans and their families.
We, the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, met on 25 October 2024 in Washington, DC. We were honoured to be joined by the Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko.