TORONTO
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will be in Toronto on Nov. 13 to promote the government's recently tabled Budget 2026.
Champagne will participate in an armchair discussion hosted by the Empire Club of Canada, where he will reflect on the economic vision behind the budget, according to a media advisory from his office.
He is scheduled to take questions from the media after the event.
The Toronto stop is part of a broader cross-country effort by cabinet ministers to promote the budget's measures.
On the same day, Champagne is also scheduled to appear at events in Nova Scotia hosted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce and the Truro & Colchester Chamber of Commerce.
Several other ministers are also hitting the road, including Secretary of State for the Canada Revenue Agency Wayne Long in Saint John, N.B., Government Transformation Minister Joël Lightbound in Granby, Que., and Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon in Kingston, Ont.
Northern and Arctic Affairs Minister Rebecca Chartrand is scheduled for Winnipeg, Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson for Medicine Hat, Alta., and Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty for Yellowknife, N.W.T.
Secretary of State for Sport Adam van Koeverden is set for Guelph, Ont., Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski for Edmonton, Alta., and Secretary of State for International Development Randeep Sarai for Surrey, B.C.
The budget, tabled last week, includes $151.5 billion in new spending and projects a $62.3-billion deficit.
It aims to boost private-sector investment through tax cuts and other supports.
Meanwhile, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly is set to convene a meeting in Toronto with representatives from automaker Stellantis, Unifor and the Ontario government amid questions over the future of the company's idled Brampton assembly plant.
Joly's office disputes media reports that the federal government played an active role in negotiations that led Stellantis to sell the plant to defence contractor Roshel.
"Mathis Denis, a spokesperson for Joly’s office, said Wednesday evening that reporting that Joly 'was involved in the deal is false,'" according to Canadian Press.
"'The minister had no part in negotiating with Stellantis or Roshel on the deal,' he said. 'The minister was in a conflict resolution (role) between Stellantis and the union. That’s it. The minister didn’t meet Roshel.'"
Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Dublin for the European Political Community Summit, where Canada is the only non-European country represented.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is visiting the University of Oxford for a conversation on Canada's approach to trade and security, and Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin is leading the Canadian delegation at a UN climate conference in Antalya, Türkiye.
Also on Nov. 13, the Native Women’s Association of Canada and other Indigenous women's groups plan to raise concerns about the need for dedicated budget investments for Indigenous women's safety and economic security.
The Empire Club event in Toronto begins at 11:30 a.m. ET.
This story was written by the e2gold.ca newsroom from reporting by Department of Finance Canada and iPolitics. Quotes are checked word for word against that reporting.