CMA leads health lobbying in lead up to budget
MPs have been on the Hill for less than three months this year thanks to prorogation this past winter and the spring election campaign, making lobbying a challenge in 2025.
It’s politics first, as usual
The bottom line is that, even in the current moment of significant disruption and uncertainty in the world and in Canada’s relationship with the United States, our political parties are still not seeking opportunities to work together for the sake of the public.
Carney’s big promises all hinge on Canadians’ trust
The real test will come with the delivery of Liberal commitments, which makes next month’s budget so important.
The case for renewing the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy
Since 2018, the strategy has helped over 400,000 women access financing, networks, and mentorship. Federal programs have provided over 25,000 loans to diverse women entrepreneurs.
Remaking Canada at warp speed: Nov. 4 will be a budget like no other
The Liberals have been left to draw up a budget package in the midst of the destruction of the trade relationship that is the modern Canadian economy.
Can Carney ensure Canada is a true innovation nation?
Canada’s poor performance on innovation is apparent in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 2025 Global Innovation Report which ranks our nation in 17th spot, compared to 14th a year earlier.
A note about protecting Indigenous Peoples in the 2025 budget
In the budget discussions, it might be worth remembering that reconciliation means fixing systems that are broken. This includes wildly huge administrative budgets.
Senate exempt from Carney’s spending review, but opts to launch own program audit
‘It seems there’s a new government in place that wants to be fiscally more responsible,’ says Conservative Senate Leader Leo Housakos, and the Red Chamber ‘can help them achieve those goals.’
MP Genuis pitches youth jobs plan
Conservative MP Garnett Genuis held a press conference on Parliament Hill on Oct. 15 to pitch a “youth jobs plan” ahead of the Nov. 4 budget. The Hill Times
It’s always do or die on budget day
Budgets have always tended to be historical markers that stood as a defining or make-or-break moment for federal governments.
