I'm very happy with that budget,' Carlos Leitão said of his 2015-2016 budget, which he's seen here tabling in the National Assembly. In the 2015 budget, health saw its funding go up just 1.4 per cent and education a negligible 0.2 per cent. "I've been working in this field for 40 years, and I've seen reforms," Paul Lamarche, a former deputy health minister, told Radio-Canada recently. Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci, seen here embracing Premier Rachel Notley after delivering the province's 2018 budget, stands by his government's decision to run a deficit budget in order to spur growth. (Jason Franson/Canadian Press )Notley's government maintains its deficit spending spurred a quicker recovery.

Source: CBC News September 16, 2018 07:52 UTC