PSPC’s three-year $17.5-billion spending plan lacks clear roadmap to future goals, say insiders
With billions on the line and a track record of failed targets, how PSPC plans to deliver on its goals is unclear from its recent departmental plan. ‘Fact is, if the department can’t meet the expectations of delivery for this new government, then heads will roll,’ says Sahir Khan.
Certainly in chaos: Canada’s path to unshakable leadership
By shifting project approvals from ‘whether’ to ‘how,’ streamlining interprovincial trade, and accelerating infrastructure, the One Canadian Economy Act is a positive step. Now, that same urgency must be applied to empower Canadian city regions to compete globally while safeguarding our national interest—and win.
Turning goals into results
In a country of many competing interests and multiple governments, getting them all to co-ordinate their activities to achieve the ambitious goals outlined at the beginning of this piece will be complicated and difficult.
Q&A | New five-per-cent NATO target ‘achievable’ if Canada is ‘smart about it,’ says David Perry
Canada has pledged to meet the new NATO target of spending five per cent of GDP on defence.
Breaking down C-5: Carney’s ‘build, baby, build’ bill draws support from business sector, but heavy pushback from environmental, Indigenous groups
Bill C-5’s two major components seek to address internal trade barriers, and to fast-track national interest projects.
Canada’s government and banks are stuck on oil—and this is a problem
Economic success will only succeed if we become an innovation nation, not a petrostate. We have great talent in Canada and many ambitious entrepreneurs with world-class ideas. That is where we should be putting our economic muscle. And this is Carney’s test.
Natural resources, economy top lobbying issues in May
A ‘backdrop of geopolitical battles’ is generating a need for a supply of goods from democratic nations such as Canada, says the president of the Business Council of Alberta.
All three levels of government must play their part in building up Canada’s supply chains
We need strong and resilient supply chains more than ever. This requires co-ordinated action from all levels of government to reduce duplication, fast-track critical infrastructure, and ensure that projects in the national interest—like those in Milton and Montreal—aren’t indefinitely stalled by fragmented governance.
Scrapping net-zero commitments step in right direction for CPPIB
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s objective should not be climate activism or other environmental or social concerns, but risk-adjusted financial returns.
Delivering results: the case for an Indigenous Outcomes Fund
Outcomes finance is a model rooted in accountability and self-determination. Such a fund would support Indigenous-led processes in areas like health, education, and housing.
