Guesswork, hopes, and risks: budget-making in the post-COVID haze
OTTAWA—Subject to election cycles, political trends, and economic shifts, budgets can range from the historic to pre-election giveaways to do-nothing holding patterns. But the budget to be delivered Thursday by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, coming after two years of a norm-destroying pandemic and in the midst of the worst foreign conflict in decades, will be […]
Politics This Morning: Guilbeault taking questions on climate plan, new IPCC report
Good Monday morning, There are three more days to go until Finance Minister CHRYSTIA FREELAND tables Budget 2022. Expect the usual jockeying to shape the conversation before and after it is released. The House of Commons is sitting today and the rest of this week, before taking a two-week break. The Senate is not sitting […]
Let’s bring some nuance to discussing the federal budget
It’s budget week. Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland will drop this year’s budget on Thursday, April 7 at 4 p.m. in the House, and politicians are likely already practiscing their reactions. Get your budget bingo cards ready. As long as all goes as planned on pharmacare and dental care commitments, there’s a […]
Broadbent says NDP ‘should be worried’ Liberals won’t live up to commitments in upcoming budget, must keep pressure on
In the ramp-up to the upcoming federal budget, the New Democrats have found themselves with more elbow room at the negotiating table this year, thanks to their recent confidence and supply agreement with the governing Liberals. While some of the content of that agreement is expected to emerge by way of tangible commitments in the […]
Time is right for health-care advocates looking to make an impact on budget 2022, say lobbyists
The supply and confidence agreement struck last week between the Liberals and the NDP has opened the door for advocacy related to health care and long-term projects in advance of the 2022 federal budget, according to some government relations consultants. “I would say for the medical sector, this is going to be your budget. If […]
Boissonnault, Freeland among top lobbying targets in February as budget looms
In the weeks before Canada announced it would end pre-arrival COVID-19 testing for vaccinated travellers, tourism industry groups were clamouring to meet with Tourism Minister Randy Boissonnault, but one of the most active groups says the budget will be the best test of whether the struggling industry will get the support it needs. Airlines and […]
Feds ask Parliamentarians to approve $190.3-billion of $397.6-billion main spending estimates so far for 2022-2023
The government is asking Parliamentarians to approve $190.3-billion out of a total $397.6-billion in spending for the 2022-23 fiscal year, a nearly $50-billion jump over last year’s main spending estimates. In the last Parliament, the main estimates presented $142-billion requiring parliamentary approval. The 2021-22 main estimates kicked off with a total $342.2-billion, but following additional […]
Is Canada’s war on hydrogen finally over?
In 2020, Canada announced its Hydrogen Strategy, timely in the critical need to dramatically change the business-as-usual approach to harnessing, distributing, and using our energy resources in the face of extreme weather conditions and global warming caused by human activities. Green hydrogen can be produced via water electrolysis powered from renewable energy, particularly during times […]
Feds seek parliamentary approval for $13.2-billion in spending to round out fiscal year
The federal government has tabled its final spending adjustments for the 2021-22 fiscal year, laying out an additional $17.1-billion in spending authority across 75 government departments or agencies. The government is seeking Parliament’s approval for $13.2-billion in new spending authority, while providing details on an additional $3.9-billion in new spending that it already has authority […]
Canada’s greater potential, bigger strengths are hydrogen and fuel cells technology
TORONTO—If it plays its cards right, Canada should benefit much more from pursuing an aggressive strategy for hydrogen and fuel cells than it would from pinning its hopes on electric vehicle battery plants and battery-ready minerals. This is not an either-or-choice. We should do what we can to be part of the battery-powered future. But […]
