‘Overtaxed and overburdened’: cannabis industry suffocating under regulatory regime as feds take puff past excise relief in budget
Cannabis Council of Canada’s Paul McCarthy says he’s ‘bewildered’ at the feds’ lack of action despite growing calls from industry, experts, and a House committee.
How green was this budget?
Being better on climate policy than the Official Opposition is too low a bar for a confidence vote.
Freeland’s budget seen as last hope to turn Trudeau’s electoral fortunes around, say politicos
A key metric to gauge the budget’s effectiveness will be whether it reverses Canadians’ appetite for change in government, says David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data.
Feds give CBC a budget boost
Fasten your seatbelts. Canada is in for a long election run.
Budget 2024 provides key themes for advocacy strategies in advance of anticipated election budget, says lobbyists
Stakeholders unfulfilled by this year’s budget are ‘never going to get a more receptive time with an opposition [party], especially a potential government in waiting, than right now,’ says Cam Holmstrom of Niipaawi Strategies.
Conservatives ‘riding the stronger horse’ in competing narratives about budget: pollster Lyle
The Liberals made it ‘eminently clear’ the change to capital gains tax ‘is a fight that they want,’ says former Liberal staffer Carlene Variyan. But so far the Tories have ‘batted it down pretty well,’ says former Conservative staffer Laura Kurkimaki.
Business investment key to addressing Canada’s productivity crisis
Governments across Canada can enact policies to help stimulate business investment, productivity gains, and stronger economic growth.
Time for some Liberal soul searching
The Liberals are getting to a place where they need to decide if they are going to stumble into an election walloping, or do something about it.
Liberals continue ‘big budget’ spending trend, increasing capital gains tax to maintain deficit
The government could be overestimating its projected new revenues from tax policy changes, says one finance expert.
Budget projects savings through ‘natural attrition’ of public service jobs
The 5,000 public servants projected to leave in the next four years are expected to make up the bulk of previously announced savings targets.
