Economy

Canada’s Budget 2019 Assists First-Time Homebuyers

Canada’s federal Budget 2019 included a new program to help first-time homebuyers along with other selected measures while keeping a key metric of the nation’s indebtedness on a declining trend.
Canada’s Budget 2019 Assists First-Time Homebuyers
Canada's finance minister Bill Morneau holds a press conference on March 19, 2019 prior to the release of the Liberal government's fourth and final budget before the fall federal election. NTD Television
Rahul Vaidyanath
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OTTAWA—Canada’s federal Budget 2019 included a new program to help first-time homebuyers along with other selected measures while keeping a key metric of the nation’s indebtedness on a declining trend.

“I want to be very clear that this is a budget for people and for communities all across this country,” Morneau said in his speech in the House of Commons.

Rahul Vaidyanath
Rahul Vaidyanath
Journalist
Rahul Vaidyanath is a journalist with The Epoch Times in Ottawa. His areas of expertise include the economy, financial markets, China, and national defence and security. He has worked for the Bank of Canada, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., and investment banks in Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles.
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