Economic challenges need more than pages for next Liberal platform

Mark Carney’s task force may improve things at the margins, but we will need much more than a short-term project.
Public servants sound off over new return-to-office mandate, while union faces heat over its ‘Buy Nothing’ campaign

Public service union walks back calls to boycott downtown Ottawa business.
Wake up, Canada: there’s no health or wealth without proper funding of health research

Canada provides significantly more in annual subsidies for the fossil fuel industry than it does to conduct the research that underpins the health and wealth of Canadians.
Number of students in public service hits 10-year high as union warns against use as cheap labour

The federal student program remains ‘a key recruitment priority’ says the government, as it looks to shrink Canada’s public sector.
Protectionism is not the answer on Chinese EVs

Our government, supported by the official opposition, is doing more harm than good by ignoring due process and undermining the global rules-based system.
Nearly half of Canada’s public servants are now millennials, but Gen X holds onto management reins

Millennials’ ‘fingerprints’ are now on the federal public service, says Deloitte’s Stephen Harrington, while a Carleton University professor says the demographic could be better divided into those hired pre- or post-pandemic.
Canada can’t afford to leave its youth behind

Youth employment is vital to a thriving Canadian economy.
GAC’s ability to perform essential duties, sustain foreign presence threatened by financial crunch: memo

As billions of dollars get invested in Canada’s defence, Ottawa’s other international apparatus is being left behind, say current and former diplomats.
Green transition offers a chance for Canadian wealth creation

Providing patient, long-term capital for our future winners is critical.
If labour dispute goes ‘sideways’ it could derail Liberal cabinet retreat, says Nanos

If the union decides to ‘kick and scream’ in the face of binding arbitration, it could take steps that would lead to trains not running, says labour law expert Bruce Curran.