Bank of Canada’s latest interest rate hike came with ‘big shift’ in messaging and leaves significant ‘room to manoeuvre,’ say observers
‘The most interesting thing was the forward guidance, I believe, has changed,’ says Tom Davidoff, a professor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business, and the message has shifted from ‘the beatings will continue’ to ‘the beatings will continue, unless morale improves.’
Senate Human Rights Committee exposes systemic Islamophobia in the CRA
It is becoming increasingly clear the federal government needs to show strong leadership to tackle systemic Islamophobia to rebuild the public trust in the government and its agencies.
‘I’m concerned with the lack of rigour’: AG flags poor effort recovering billions in suspected COVID-19 overpayments, with sole focus on speed of delivery
COVID‑19 benefit programs cost Canadians about $211-billion during the audit period, but about 14 per cent of the payouts, or $30-billion, need to be investigated and $4.6-billion the audit deemed as outright overpayments.
Conservatives look to ‘slice’ off worker vote from NDP as economy puts Liberals in ‘a very tight spot,’ say strategists
The Conservative strategy is based on building a ‘continual narrative’ of getting officials ‘on the record’ agreeing to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s past statements on inflation, says Shakir Chambers.
Three federal agencies ‘demystified’ at 3 Brewers Sparks in Ottawa
IPAC-NCR hosted its third educational event offering a behind-the-scenes look at Treasury, Finance, and the Privy Council Office.
‘The status quo is not working’: AG calls for different approach to climate emergencies in First Nations
Auditor General Karen Hogan has appeared before three different committees to discuss her office’s Nov. 15 audit of Indigenous Services Canada’s support for First Nations facing flood and fire.
Extra $25.8-billion request brings federal spending up 4.6 per cent this year to $433-billion
One-third of Supplementary Estimates (B) spending is tied to Budget 2022 items, with another third tied to Indigenous reconciliation, and the rest to new spending, according to a Parliamentary Budget Officer analysis.
Liberal stall tactics threaten to derail pension protection bill
With this historic private member’s bill, the Liberal government appears to be prioritizing banks over seniors, according to the Canadian Federation of Pensioners.
What will it take to move Canada forward?
Too often we measure success by the number of jobs retained or created. This is the wrong metric. We should be looking for high-value Canadian content. This should be Champagne’s priority—spending more time developing our own companies and creating opportunities for them.
Experts say government has a key role to play protecting crypto investors from bad actors
The flaws in the ‘swim at your own risk’ approach were evident after the 2008 financial crisis, says Carleton University researcher James Patriquin.
