The clean-up of dirty money has officially launched
The Liberal government announced a suite of fairly remarkable measures to tackle money laundering with its recent budget. These long-overdue initiatives will enhance the detection, policing, and prosecution of money laundering.
Feds seek to highlight fiscal strength of provinces before ‘inevitable tightening of the spending taps,’ say strategists
One economist told The Hill Times the provinces’ fiscal position is ‘quite strong,’ but another argued that Ottawa should not ‘egg the provinces on’ to spend more.
Budget 2023: where were the tax measures to deal with corporate profits?
An excess profits tax would return to the government billions of public dollars used to support Canadians through the pandemic, fuelling hope in government leadership to face multiple crises, including healthcare, housing, and the climate.
Can Canadian airports keep pace with the surge in air travel demand?
Fair access and affordable air travel are essential to ensuring that Canadians can fully embrace the return of air travel in the post-pandemic world.
Gender equality got left behind in the most recent budget
Canada is hailed as being progressive; however, the current system is not flexible enough to meet the needs of modern families.
Continued public service travel cuts could threaten Canada’s international engagement, say experts
The 2023 budget aims for public service travel cuts to compose a ‘portion’ of a 15 per cent reduction in professional services and travel.
NDP, CPC planting seeds to root out Liberal hold on the Rock
What I witnessed last week in my little part of the world was two of the government’s rivals working hard to position themselves as legitimate options to many in the East who have long voted Liberal.
Feds show ‘understanding’ but not ‘action’ on need to partner with provinces to build more houses, says B.C. minister
A proposal to link housing funding with immigration shows how per capita transfers are sometimes ‘too blunt a measure,’ says policy prof.
Economists, Bank of Canada say Canada ‘not immune to spillovers’ amid recent banking turmoil
The Bank of Montreal’s chief economist Douglas Porter says markets are ‘incredibly good’ at discovering areas of weakness, and that he ‘wasn’t sure we’ve seen the end of this.’
Minority Parliaments can work
There was one positive: two parties worked together on the federal budget, which is refreshing in these toxic political times.
