Yukon's finance minister painted a rosy picture of the territory's future on Thursday, as he tabled a $48.2-million surplus budget, and predicted the territory will stay in the black for at least the next few years.
2021-22 budget – Canadian provinces and territories
Candian provinces and territories tabled their respective budgets over the last few months, with high investments in healthcare, economic recovery and strategies to fight the pandemic, while projecting years of post-pandemic deficits at the same time.
For the most part, investments in technology haven’t been neglected, with most provincial governments highlighting technology and innovation as a key to economic recovery and proper healthcare.
We’ve taken a look at the recently tabled budgets and zeroed in on the technology and innovation investments. Here’s what we found.
Ontario
The government of Ontario tabled its 2021 budget on March 24, 2021. While the current budget mainly focuses on protecting people’s health and jobs through the ongoing pandemic, and the majority of the measures still part of the province’s first pandemic budget from five months ago, it includes the following new tech-related investmen