Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says her government’s recently tabled budget will be remembered as a key moment in Canada’s transformation toward a “green” economy.
“We should all be climate activists,” Freeland told the House of Commons finance committee on May 16.
“When people look back on the budget that we are all ultimately going to pass, I think what history is going to show is that this was the budget that really kicked Canada’s green industrial transformation into high gear with a worker-led agenda.”
Freeland made an appearance at the committee after they received her budget Bill C-47 for study. The bill completed first reading in the House on May 2….