The Trudeau government will release its fourth budget Tuesday at 4 p.m.
The Liberal's final budget before the federal election is expected to include measures to help first-time home buyers, seniors and adult Canadians who want to return to school for skills training.
It's also expected to take an initial step towards a national pharmacare program and disclose details of previously announced tax credits and incentives, worth $595-million over five years, to help Canada's ailing journalism industry.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau will also try to set the narrative for the coming election, arguing that years of deficit spending have put the economy on a stronger footing.
He's expected to tout the Liberals' investments in infrastructure and other spending measures for the creation of almost 950,000 jobs and the lowest unemployment rate in almost 40 years, and point to the Liberals' enhanced child benefit for the lowest poverty rate in 10 years.
Meanwhile, It appears the Tories are going to stall a vote on a procedural issue that will delay the budget speech by at least half an hour.
Former Canadian Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould arrives to give her testimony about the SNC-Lavalin affair before a justice committee hearing on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on February 27, 2019. (Photo by Lars Hagberg/AFP/Getty Images)
Following the Liberal-dominated justice committee pulling the plug on its prob of the SNC-Lavalin affair, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer says the official Opposition will use every tool available to hold the government accountable in Parliament.
Conservative and New Democrat MPs unsuccessfully pressed the House of Commons justice committee Tuesday to recall former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould so she could shed more light on the issue.
She has alleged prime ministerial aides pressured her to help SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution on corruption charges.
— With files from The Canadian Press