Feds seek parliamentary approval for $198.1-billion in budgetary spending for next fiscal year
The main estimates for 2023-24 detail $432.9-billion in planned spending, although Budget 2023 will introduce further cash commitments for the fiscal year.
Canada Innovation Corporation’s been a long time coming, but there’s ample room for skepticism
The CIC may bring some small economic improvement. But we need a much better picture of what the future needs than Ottawa is currently offering, or maybe even capable of offering, for real success.
Government seeks $10.3-billion in extra spending to close out the fiscal year
If approved before March 31, the government’s final spending update for 2022-23 would bring total budgetary spending for the year to $443.3-billion, a 7.1 per cent increase over the previous year.
Policy-making in a crisis: preparing for the unexpected
Governments need to invest more in foresight capacity, scenario planning, advanced analytics and in early warning systems rather than relying on static forecasts. Consider black-swan events and how they might present, no matter how unlikely. Hope is not a plan, but preparedness can beget one.
EI administrative malfunction: an urgent need for simplicity
Canada’s employment insurance program is far too complicated for claimants and employers, and far too complex to administer.
Canada must get serious about clean economy investments in upcoming budget
A new report recommends Canada make new climate investments of $287-billion over the next five years—equivalent to about two per cent of GDP annually.
Parliamentary Black Caucus pushes feds for permanent funding, initiatives beyond 2024 UN horizon
Following ‘months-long’ consultations with more than 40 Black-led organizations from across the country, PBC co-chairs say there is ‘a lot of work to do’ in addressing systemic inequalities faced by Black Canadians.
This year’s budget speech should be different
We urgently need a sense of shared citizenship and a positive patriotism that takes pride in our country. Instead, we have a political environment that divides Canadians by engaging in identity politics.
The little-discussed threat to Canadians’ long-term prosperity
In the face of lagging business investment, there’s no guarantee the feds’ stock-buyback plan is going to be the answer.
International development: more important than ever for the public and private sectors
The case for international development where the public and private sectors are working together to achieve the SDGs and commitments under the Paris Agreement has never been clearer.
