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Election Budget: Budget and Gender Equality

election budget: And that's what Finance Minister Bill Morneau did in his third budget exercise, according to The Chronicle Herald. It is expected to deliver practical results, it's just that the expected results are as much political as they are economic. At least, traditional in the sense that majority governments often devote a third budget to defining conditions for the next one, the election budget. The budget includes spending on dozens of programs aimed at women in the workforce, at gender equality and at improving life in aboriginal communities. It signals the Liberals are willing to spend to meet their goals in these key social areas. Equality is the first word in the budget's title. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.