Canada has set ambitious post-pandemic tourism targets and has a new strategy to meet those goals, but experts say geopolitical challenges, cost of travel in the country and climate change will make those goals difficult to achieve.

The Liberal government plans to force the Conservatives to vote this coming week onchanges to the countrys capital gains tax regime set to go into effect on June 25.

Economists and expertssay they're expecting the federal government to raise taxes in Tuesday's budget to help offset billions of dollars in new spending already promised in the pre-budget announcements that have been landing almost daily since the end of March.