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Minister Champagne: Putting a ‘generational’ budget into practice

Podcast: Wonk
Published: Nov 27, 2025
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Summary

Canada’s recent federal budget has been called generational and transformational. Of course, it's been called that by the government that passed it, but there's no question that this budget comes at a pivotal moment for Canada. Host Amanda Lang talks to Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne about changing the investment climate, affordability and following the German economic example.