2023 Budget canada

In Budget 2023, the federal government is continuing to build on the progress we have made together since 2015 on walking the path of truth and reconciliation ...

0 In Budget 2023, the government is proposing a series of measures that will help to support Canadians living and working in rural and remote communities, including: Visitors to Canada generate billions of dollars in revenue for the Canadian economy, strengthen our commercial and social ties with other countries, and support Canadian businesses. $105 million in 2023-24 to support the implementation of an employment strategy for persons with disabilities through the Opportunities Fund. Investments in Budget 2023 continue to lay the necessary groundwork for the Canada Disability Benefit, building off of the government's reintroduction of the Canada Disability Benefit Act in June 2022. Budget 2023 proposes to provide $40 million over two years, starting in 2023-24, to the Department of Canadian Heritage for the Canada Media Fund to make funding more open to traditionally underrepresented voices, and to increase funding for French-language screen content. Budget 2023 proposes to provide $373.7 million over five years, starting in 2023-24, in additional funding to support new and enhanced federal initiatives under the Action Plan for Official Languages, 2023-28. In parallel, the Department of Finance and Public Safety Canada will engage with industry on solutions to earthquake insurance and other evolving climate-related insurance market challenges. The federal government is continuing to work with provincial and territorial governments, in partnership with Indigenous communities and other stakeholders across Canada, to protect species at risk. Budget 2023 proposes to provide $165.4 million over seven years, starting in 2023-24, to Transport Canada to establish a Green Shipping Corridor Program to reduce the impact of marine shipping on surrounding communities and ecosystems. 2.5 million over five years, starting in 2023-24, to facilitate and coordinate work on advancing the National Action Plan by establishing a standing Federal-Provincial-Territorial-Indigenous table on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People. A key principle in bilateral agreements with provinces and territories is that Indigenous Peoples everywhere in Canada have the right to fair and equal access to health services, free from racism and discrimination.