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.
Parliamentary Budget Office says ending tax exemption for real estate investment trusts would generate at least $285.8-million in additional revenue over five years
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office says the federal government ‘continues to evaluate the impact’ that large corporate landlords have on rental housing across Canada.
Economic justice advocates encouraged by a few big wins in Budget 2023, but renew call for bolder action
Tax fairness advocate praises measures to end exemptions for banks and to set up a corporate registry, but says government ‘way too timid’ in its overall approach.
The CRA’s reliance on biased sources can perpetuate Islamophobia
Without oversight, the Canada Revenue Agency has zero accountability for what it writes in its administrative fairness letters.
