Canada to present federal budget week of March 21: sources

The budget, which the Liberals have pledged will include major new spending aimed at boosting a flagging economy, is most likely to be presented to Parliament on Monday, March 21 or Tuesday, March 22, said one of the sources, who asked to remain anonymous given the sensitivity of the matter. In response, a spokesman for Finance Minister Bill Morneau said the government had not yet announced a budget date. A Liberal official said last month that the budget could be pushed back to April to give Mo