Two-thirds of calls to CRA centres go unanswered as number of call agents drops: AG report
Callers who did reach agents may not have been given accurate information, as a report from Auditor General Karen Hogan found agents were only accurate 17 per cent of the time when asked questions about individual taxes.
Champagne unveils plan for new financial crimes agency
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Can Carney ensure Canada is a true innovation nation?
Canada’s poor performance on innovation is apparent in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 2025 Global Innovation Report which ranks our nation in 17th spot, compared to 14th a year earlier.
A note about protecting Indigenous Peoples in the 2025 budget
In the budget discussions, it might be worth remembering that reconciliation means fixing systems that are broken. This includes wildly huge administrative budgets.
As Canada feels the strain of U.S. trade war, pressure heats up on innovation sector
As border tensions create investment uncertainty, innovation in Canada should look at trade diversification and focusing less on commodities, say innovation experts.
Senate exempt from Carney’s spending review, but opts to launch own program audit
‘It seems there’s a new government in place that wants to be fiscally more responsible,’ says Conservative Senate Leader Leo Housakos, and the Red Chamber ‘can help them achieve those goals.’
MP Genuis pitches youth jobs plan
Conservative MP Garnett Genuis held a press conference on Parliament Hill on Oct. 15 to pitch a “youth jobs plan” ahead of the Nov. 4 budget. The Hill Times
It’s always do or die on budget day
Budgets have always tended to be historical markers that stood as a defining or make-or-break moment for federal governments.
Fall budget cycle ‘great news’ for ‘more timely’ northern project planning, says N.W.T. finance minister
‘By the time we’re actually seeing money coming through, our own estimates of our projects are sometimes six months to a year old,’ says Northwest Territories Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek.
Liberal government’s decision to deliver all future budgets in the fall is significant
This one-off is much more than it appears to be. Along with finalizing the fall date on a permanent basis, the government is also restructuring how it determines spending.
