The fall economic statement that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland presented in the House of Commons today, alongside a bill to implement it, includes new measures to spur clean energy investment and help Canadians struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living.
In her speech to the House of Commons on Thursday, Freeland reiterated the federal government’s commitment to stay out of the way of the central bank’s efforts to battle rapidly rising prices.“As the Bank of Canada fights inflation, we will not make its job harder,” Freeland said in a copy of her speech provided in advance. “We are compassionate and we are also responsible.”
