Build smarter, baby: Canada needs to transform the way we make things
Canada has the talent and the technology to navigate this historic shift. We have abundant resources, skilled workers, world-leading research, a vibrant technology sector, and a dynamic manufacturing base that has proven it can compete with its counterparts south of the border.
Canada must treat hydrogen as a strategic asset
As the government embarks on its first nation-building projects and prepares its inaugural budget, we face a pivotal moment—and hydrogen must be part of the plan.
The fall budget will be an early reckoning for the Carney government
The Carney government has much riding on the reaction to its fall budget. So, too, do Canadians as they wait to see what the future holds.
‘It’s not right’: interim PBO calls for legislative changes to avoid repeating the circumstances of his hiring
Jason Jacques says he found out he was shortlisted for the six-month interim job just three days before his boss’ term expired on Sept. 2.
Carney still has to tell us what kind of economy he’s trying to create
What we need from the Carney government is a clear strategy to build up investments by the public and private sectors in the economy of the future, one based on increased investment in intangible assets and one where a large share of these assets is owned and controlled by Canadian corporations.
New budget watchdog says ‘deficit will absolutely be higher’ than forecast, feds have no clear fiscal anchors
‘I don’t know that the government currently has fiscal anchors, which, of course, causes the people that I work with a considerable degree of concern at this point,’ says interim Parliamentary Budget Officer Jason Jacques.
Canada faces a budget reckoning as deficit pressure mounts
Delivering a true austerity budget would require scaling back departmental budgets to a degree almost certain to spark political blowback.
A bigger defence budget may increase Canada’s hollow force risk
To prevent this from happening, a force capacity review must accompany new defence budgets and funding streams.
Local progress on energy, Arctic security must survive federal cuts
If federal programming is stripped down, remote communities will be limited in their pathways to achieve energy security.
Upcoming budget critically important to meet challenges, cost of living, and unemployment, head on
This is Mark Carney’s first budget as prime minister, and it is the first federal budget since U.S. President Donald Trump began his second term.
