Freeland defends budget measures, as premiers push back on federal involvement

At an event in Toronto on Sunday, Freeland — who presented the federal budget on Tuesday — said the national government needs to push ahead on such issues as housing and that she was "extremely optimistic" premiers would choose to co-operate.

Several premiers have pushed back against the federal government in recent months and again after the budget was released on the grounds that some measures touch on provincial jurisdiction.

In a letter released Friday by the Council of the Federation, which represents the leaders of all 13 provinces and territories, the premiers said Ottawa should have consulted them more ahead of the budget.

"My initial thoughts about the federal budget are that they are overtaxing, overspending, overborrowing and over interfering in provincial affairs," Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said earlier this week.

The federal government has also faced some opposition on what was perhaps the most prominent measure revealed on budget day: changes to Canada's capital gains tax rules.

Treasury Board President Anita Anand joins CBC chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton to talk about the federal budget and its focus on young Canadians — as well as the criticism it's receiving.