Today's federal budget is not expected to balance the books.
It's also unlikely to show a revised timeline for erasing the deficit, which the Liberals originally promised to do by 2019.
Instead, Finance Minister Bill Morneau's budget is expected to include initiatives on gender equality and major investments in scientific research, environmental conservation, and in child welfare and housing for Indigenous communities.
It is also expected to include money to build and operate a federal computer system aimed at ending the no-fly list mismatches that have seen many innocent travellers, including dozens of children, endure long airport delays.
BC's finance minister hopes the plan includes more funding for partnerships between governments in Ottawa and Victoria.
Carole James says British Columbia gets better value for its dollars when the province teams up with other levels of government on much-needed initiatives like housing and transit.
James says she'd also like the budget to include plans for a nation-wide program for providing prescription drugs - and according to reports Tuesday morning - it appears the Liberals are going in that direction.
They'll reportedly establish a national advisory group on Pharmacare, led by former Ontario health minister Eric Hoskins, who resigned his post yesterday.
(The Canadian Press)