Canada’s Freeland Faces Big Spending Demands and Darker Economic Outlook

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s finance minister is facing significant pressure to spend more on clean-energy subsidies and health care, even as a possible recession looms. 

Chrystia Freeland, speaking Tuesday at a cabinet retreat ahead of parliament’s return next week, said she’ll “continue to take a fiscally prudent approach” as the government prepares its budget for the fiscal year that begins April 1.