OTTAWA—Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government has unveiled a chicken-in-every-pot election budget that promises help for millennial home buyers, financial support for seniors and new skills training for working people. We know that Canadians still feel anxious about their future … that’s the frame for our budget this year,” he said. A new Canada Training Credit that will allow workers between 25 and 64 to accumulate $250 a year, to a lifetime limit of $5,000, that can be applied to training costs. Page says he counted more than 100 individual budget measures with extra revenue taken in by the government “sprinkled everywhere. And he said the budget measures to reduce the clawback on working seniors will reduce poverty levels among older people.

Source: thestar March 19, 2019 20:20 UTC