On Tuesday, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne tabled the first federal budget from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government. It had long been advertised as a fiscal plan that would make difficult decisions to put Canada’s economy on the right track. The Globe sent more than a dozen journalists to Ottawa to study the details and assess how transformative this budget actually is . We break down what it says in terms of the deficit, job cuts to the federal public service , defence spending , health care supports , immigration plans and other measures that will affect Canadians . Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at
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