The politics of budget-making as Canadians brace for stagflation
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is trying to rein in spending at a time when the expected economic downturn could significantly worsen Ottawa’s deficit position.
No-cost contraception is the leadership Canada needs to follow
Here’s a reality check: we already pay for people’s sex lives. Unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections cost health-care systems significant sums every year.
Canada talks a big game, but its innovation sector doesn’t walk the talk
Federal policy, which is more transactional than strategic, is turning Canada into a branch plant economy—a derivative economy in which we help foreign corporations grow and profit in exchange for jobs, while making us dependent on maintaining the goodwill of foreign investors to keep those jobs.
Pause in interest rate hikes offers no ‘breather’ to Liberals politically, says pollster
The Conservative and NDP finance critics say the ‘relentless interest hikes’ and rising mortgage rates are creating ‘hardship’ for Canadians, and urge the government to look to other avenues to fight inflation.
Will Justin Trudeau stop the biggest beer tax increase on Canadians in 40 years?
The excise tax ‘escalator’ is badly flawed policy, and there are many valid reasons to defer further scheduled tax increases until inflation returns to more normal levels.
Health-care resourcing is failing Canada’s most vulnerable children
The pandemic exposed the fragility of Canada’s health-care system and removed access to necessary supports for thousands of Canadian families.
It’s on all of us to curb anti-democratic trends
Programs and initiatives that are context-dependent, local, and plentiful provide alternatives to the digital divide and our growing polarization through action and collective power.
Why Freeland’s next budget has to be an honest one
This cannot be another lost opportunity, because Canada can’t really afford that. Our future is at stake.
Climate group urges Freeland to adopt ‘low-hanging fruit’ policies in budget’s response to U.S. Inflation Reduction Act
If the government heeds calls in this budget to rein in overall spending, Ottawa will still need to make targeted investments, several former political staffers and economists recently told
Feds seek parliamentary approval for $198.1-billion in budgetary spending for next fiscal year
The main estimates for 2023-24 detail $432.9-billion in planned spending, although Budget 2023 will introduce further cash commitments for the fiscal year.
