Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Defence Minister Bill Blair talk to the media during a joint exercise in which Polish and Canadian troops provide training to soldiers from Ukraine near Jezewo, central Poland, on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024.
Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, during a visit to Poland, said the pharmacare deal the Liberals struck with the NDP won't mean the government will abandon its commitments to fiscal responsibility.Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, left, and Defence Minister Bill Blair speak to the media during a joint exercise involving Polish and Canadian troops, who are training soldiers from Ukraine, near Jezewo, central Poland, on Sunday.
Speaking to reporters at a Polish military base on Sunday, Freeland said she's "confident" a concrete agreement would be reached in the next couple of days. The federal government is committed to striking the right balance between investing in people and minding fiscal constraints, she said. In response to calls for more disciplined budgeting, Ottawa set out a goal to keep deficits below one per cent of gross domestic product beginning in 2026-27 and to maintain the current fiscal year's deficit at or below the spring budget projection of $40.1 billion.
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