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Ukraine conflict, climate action play major role in Canada's 2022 budget

STORY: Ukraine conflict, climate action play major role in Canada's 2022 budget DATELINE: April 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: Ottawa CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): CHRYSTIA FREELAND, Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister STORYLINE: In her second annual federal budget tabled as Canada's finance minister, Chrystia Freeland has shifted her focus from helping Canadians and the economy weather the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to allocating funds to address what she characterized as two of the major challenges facing Canada and the world. The budget she tabled on Thursday includes more than 6.4 billion U.S. dollars in new funding over five years to better equip the Canadian Armed Forces; increase Canada's contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD); and reinforce Canada's cyber-security strategy to prevent and defend against attacks, including those against government agencies and critical

Ukraine conflict, climate action play major role in Canada's 2022 budget

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