DEVELOPING | Budget 2023 prioritizes pocketbook help and clean economy, deficit projected at $40.1B

Waterloo regional police say one of the suspects in an armed robbery at Conestoga Mall last week has been located dead.
Police said the person’s body was found by Toronto police. According to police, they died of “a medical event.”
The robbery at a jewelry store in the Waterloo mall on Thursday led police to evacuate the building.
According to police, four male suspects entered the store with hammers and batons and allegedly smashed display cases and stole merchandise.
The incident saw a security guard transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Three suspects were located and arrested that day, while a fourth remained at large.
On Tuesday, Waterloo regional police said the investigation is ongoing and asked anyone with information to contact their robbery unit.
On Wednesday, they confirmed they were no longer looking for a fourth suspect.
"The death was not deemed suspicious so privacy issues prevent us from disclosing anything further," a WRPS representative said in an email.
In the 2023 federal budget, the government is unveiling continued deficit spending targeted at Canadians' pocketbooks, public health care and the clean economy.
The federal budget shows the government's proposed dental-care insurance program will cost more than double what the Liberals originally thought, driving it up by another $7.3 billion over five years.
Tucked into the 2023 federal budget unveiled on Tuesday in Ottawa, the Liberals have announced plans to explore implementing a standard charging port across Canada, in an effort to save Canadians some money and reduce waste.
Serious money is heading for Canadian industries looking to reduce emissions after the federal government unveiled its answer to the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act.
The federal budget proposes an across-the-board three per cent spending cut for all departments and agencies, a belt-tightening move after years of massive growth in the federal public service.
The federal Liberal government is committing $8.7 million to hold more consultations on Indigenous resource sharing, in a budget that offers relatively little new spending on its reconciliation agenda.
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