Liberals present ballooning federal deficit of $61.9-billion in latest fiscal update
The mini-budget blew past former finance minister Chrystia Freeland’s April promise to keep to a $40-billion deficit target. Freeland exited cabinet the same day she was set to present the document.
Freeland rocks political Ottawa, quits cabinet same day she was set to deliver economic update, sends Trudeau government into crisis
With leaks to The Globe and Mail last week reporting of friction between Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland, she appeared to address the rumours by describing the pair as ‘at odds about the best path forward for Canada.’
The Disability Tax Credit is a barrier to the Canada Disability Benefit
It’s time to cut the red tape for disability support.
With one post, Trump has scrambled Canada’s political agenda
If nothing else, it has given Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a national mission that resonates with most Canadians.
Former Indigenous procurement auditor calls pledge to examine the program ‘hypocritical’ after feds were warned of issues for years
Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says her department is working on a plan to conduct an extensive audit of the government’s Indigenous procurement program.
Dear Minister Champagne, Canada needs all the help we can get
Building a new defence industrial base, with a core of advanced Canadian companies with global prospects for their technologies, is an opportunity we cannot afford to miss. So we must be sure we don’t.
Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs pose ‘existential crisis’ for Canada, with risks even if not enacted, says Unifor president
Unifor national president Lana Payne says moving forward with a national response to the tariff announcement will require MPs to put aside “bickering” in Parliament.
Some departments ‘stopping the clock’ to prevent contract workers from becoming permanent public service staff
Treasury Board President Anita Anand says she’s currently reviewing spending plans from her cabinet colleagues. But NDP MP Rachel Blaney said it’s ‘really important’ to know who is issuing directives to ‘stop the clock.’
Overlooked again: what the $250 rebate says about disability policy in Canada
Leaving many people with disabilities out of the rebate is not an isolated misstep. Time and again, people with disabilities are excluded from government policy design, and are often an afterthought.
Liberal delays on key economic documents a strategy to blame opposition for ‘paralyzing the House,’ say political players
The government could table its fall economic statement and public accounts at any time, but it’s a ‘convenient opportunity’ to blame opposition parties for filibustering, says former Conservative staffer Yaroslav Baran. But former Liberal staffer Olivier Cullen says the government’s message about Conservative ‘games’ is a ‘win.’
