The Liberal government will not be tabling a budget after the House of Commons returns shortly, but will instead table a Fall Economic Statement, according to Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne.
“We’re going to be introducing ways and means motions as we enter back into Parliament, we’ll table legislation, then there’ll be a throne speech, and then we’ll present a fall Economic Statement,” Champagne told reporters in Parliament on May 14 following the government’s first cabinet meeting.
The finance minister said the first measure the government will introduce when Parliament returns is the one percent cut to the bottom income tax bracket the Liberals had promised during the election campaign….