The federal government has laid out a budget with $56-billion in new spending over six years. On the day the budget is released, journalists get to see the document in advance of the Finance Minister’s announcement – if they join what’s called a “lockup.”
The Decibel was in the lockup at a hotel in downtown Ottawa, where Globe journalists explained the main ... Show More
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<p>Some of the world’s largest tech companies, like OpenAI, Google and Meta, have invested hundreds of billions of dollars into <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/topics/artificial-intelligence/">artificial intelligence</a> as they try to build the data centres they need. A ... Show More
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<p>Over a year, the federal deficit — the gap between what the U.S. government spends and what it earns — has doubled, to nearly $2 trillion.</p><p>That figure seems to validate the worries of congressional Republicans about government spending, which have been at the center of t ... Show More
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