Can Canada afford to cut the public service while Trump moves the goalposts?
Shifting trade threats will force tough choices about cuts and the public service’s role as payroll costs rise and the deficit hits $50-billion.
Carney’s right to make investment top economic priority
Mark Carney has set the right priority: investment-led growth rather than consumption-led growth. This will mean short-term pain for long-term gain and the transition will test our capacity for change in new and unexpected ways.
Basic income a proactive policy in difficult times
What if Canada already had accessible support rapidly available for individuals and families when they needed it?
Restrictions on living abroad: the inequality of Canada’s pension portability
The aspect of Canada’s pension system that supports poor seniors pushes some into even greater precarity.
Toronto top donor city for Carney, Freeland, and Gould’s Liberal leadership campaigns
All the candidates fared the best at fundraising in Ontario, with 54 per cent of Mark Carney’s cash coming from the province and 68 per cent for runner-up Chrystia Freeland.
Mid Mark Carney may not meet the moment
The new Liberal leader is a component of the technocratic elite who got us into this mess of inequality.
Increased electrification, tighter building codes could be needed if consumer carbon tax scrapped, say experts
The clock is loudly ticking on a likely federal election in the spring, leaving the future of Ottawa’s carbon pricing regime unclear.
Nova Scotia delivers interprovincial trade ‘game changer’ while feds offer ‘symbolic’ gesture, say observers
The Hill Times reached out to all provincial and territorial governments asking if they would adopt Nova Scotia’s proposal. Most did not reply, and none of them offered a clear ‘yes.’
Trade war could permanently shrink Canada’s GDP by two per cent: PBO
The budget watchdog forecasts the nation’s deficit at $50.1-billion in 2024-25, up $2.2-billion from the government’s December projection, but down from last fiscal year’s $61.9-billion deficit.
Economic resilience starts now: solutions for a stronger future
We cannot repeat the pattern of offering short-term Band-Aids while expecting our most vulnerable neighbours to absorb the long-term costs of economic and climate instability.
