OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal Liberals will table a budget on April 19.

It will be the first federal budget in over two years, after the government opted not to introduce one in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in Canada.

It will also be Freeland's first budget as finance minister.

She took on the portfolio last summer following Bill Morneau's resignation.

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