Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is set to table the federal government’s fall economic statement next Monday, the government announced today.
The fiscal check-in will happen just one day before the House of Commons is expected to adjourn for the year, after months of procedural wrangling over a Conservative-led privilege debate.
The revised look at the books comes amid questions over the potential economic impact of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s looming threat of 25 per cent tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico, until the two stop of the flow of illegal drugs and migrants over the borders.
The federal government has pledged more resources and personnel, and to be “very visible” at the border, but has yet to lay out specifics.
The press release does not detail the location or timing or the fall economic statement, only the date.
More details to come.