Ottawa must include small businesses in open banking from day one
Canada cannot afford another half-built system. In order to call this framework “open banking,” it must immediately apply to business accounts. Anything less is branding.
Transport Canada projects 1,000 fewer jobs by 2027-28, with green programs on the chopping block
A 41-per-cent drop in planned spending by 2028 is largely due to limited-time funding for certain projects coming to a close, but the department says it will seek to renew ‘sunset funding’ for ‘critical activities’ in upcoming budgets.
Air Canada mess is a lesson for government
The government’s goal of reducing spending across the board is too much like Air Canada cutting all of its flights overnight without due process. Budgeting is both about money and effectiveness. When the focus is only on the money, the link to the end user’s satisfaction is broken.
Shoring up supports for people and communities in a turbulent trade climate
The fall budget should aim to reduce the cost of essentials, modernize EI, and create place-based transition tools.
The feds have the tools they need to reshape the country. Will they use them?
The transition required in the months ahead will be disruptive, requiring an unprecedented level of leadership. Without such leadership, it will fail.
Cuts to Indigenous Services Canada sparking concerns of return to ‘Band-Aid solutions,’ and ‘mistakes of the past’
Métis National Council president Victoria Pruden says Indigenous governments are ready to oversee the delivery of some services themselves—‘a win-win’ for a department that could reduce ‘administrative bloat.’
Time is ripe to revamp federal budgeting processes
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s post-election announcement that no federal budget would be tabled this spring, and would instead be delivered in the fall, set tongues wagging this past May. Criticisms came from all corners of the House, but subsequent opposition attempts to force Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to table a spring spending plan came […]
Carney’s budget expected to be ‘consequential,’ as Canada faces unprecedented challenges from a volatile Trump, say politicos
Perrin Beatty, former president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, says the government needs to give a clear indication to businesses what its plans are, and expects there will be some pretty tough news, as Canada’s fights a trade war with the U.S.
A strong economy depends on a strong social sector
We must invest in the social infrastructure that supports essential community services that return value to the economy and to communities.
House Finance Committee faces pre-budget time crunch ahead of fall tabling
The amount of influence the House Finance Committee can have on a government budget is debatable, say observers, who note the fall schedule could provide an opportunity to adjust the process.
