Indigenous leaders decry budget’s lack of money for key reconciliation programs
By Brett Forester Education, health and urban Indigenous programs are running out of money, prompting fears about their future Indigenous
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Federal budget delivers $1B Arctic Infrastructure Fund, though future of some social programs unclear
By Samuel Wat Transport Canada to invest in major infrastructure projects including airports, seaports, all-season roads A new Arctic Infrastructure
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Indigenous leaders skeptical federal budget will deliver on 2030 infrastructure promise
By Joy SpearChief-Morris ‘Every day that they don’t invest, it’s getting more expensive to close… the gap,’ says AFN national
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Nunavut finance minister tables 2025-26 budget
The territory is projecting an operational deficit of $124 million Nunavut’s finance minister tabled a budget Monday that he said
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Capital budget to headline fall session of Nunavut Legislature
14 bills to be introduced in the fall session, says government house leader Much of the focus of this upcoming
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Norway defence budget to ensure armed forces strong enough to deter Russia
“The paradox with the defence budget is that we hope it will be wasted money,” Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum
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Lapland among healthcare regions to face bleak financial outlook
Over half of the country’s regional healthcare authorities revised their financial reports for 2024 to reflect increased budget deficits. Finland’s
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Sami parliament braces for budget cuts in Finland
The Sami Parliament in Finland is bracing for budget cuts as Helsinki seeks to reduce spending by 9 billion euros
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Fort Smith jail and midwifery positions re-instated in N.W.T. budget
The cuts were expected to save the territory nearly $3.7 million N.W.T. Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek has reversed her decision
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N.W.T.’s 2024 operating budget gets mixed reviews from MLAs, advocates
Some MLAs criticize lack of housing spending in proposed budget tabled on Friday There were mixed reactions to the newly-proposed N.W.T.
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Norway to hike defense spendings in mid-year revised budget
The Government on Thursday added 7 billion kroner (€590 million) to Norway’s defense budget for 2024. “This is for expenditures
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Inuit leaders disappointed with budget’s lack of money for tuberculosis elimination
By Brett Forester · CBC News Budget pledges $1.1B for First Nations and Inuit health but offers nothing on TB elimination specifically
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Yukon government missed deadline to present annual financial report
Documents were tabled several weeks after late-October deadline. The Yukon government was late in filing its annual financial report, and
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Funding requests rejected as Yellowknife prepares for ‘tight and frugal’ city budget
$1.1M for more street outreach services among requests turned down Yellowknife city council received a handful of funding requests from
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Yukon gov’t boasts of ‘strongest economy in Canada,’ tables $48M surplus budget
Yukon’s finance minister painted a rosy picture of the territory’s future on Thursday, as he tabled a $48.2-million surplus budget,
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