Damoff, Turnbull want Freeland to include disability benefit cash in upcoming budget
Increasing the minimum wage, hiking pensions, and supporting the disabled may not be as politically sexy, but those decisions make Canadian lives better.
Responsible governments don’t present late budgets
We should not be used to governments treating Parliament like an afterthought, in financial management or anything else.
Ministers’ letters, advertising, and lobbying: advocates make final requests as 2024 budget process nears its end
The third or fourth budget in a government’s mandate is when a party needs to show progress on its commitments ahead of a coming election, says former economic adviser Tyler Meredith.
The government must make good on its promise to independent musicians
Funding Canadian music has never been a handout. It is an investment in Canada’s economy and in our culture, and it has paid off handsomely.
House Finance Committee receives record number of pre-budget consultation submissions, highest recommendations since Trudeau government first elected
More than 850 written submissions were received about the 2024 budget, compared to just 230 for the Liberals’ first budget in 2016.
It’s difficult to ‘follow the money’: former MPs, bureaucrats, and PBOs say budget and estimates process makes it tough for Parliament to hold government spending to account
As the government prepares to table its budget in April, individual MPs and Senators have ‘very little influence’ on spending, says Parliamentary Budget Office Yves Giroux.
Investing in sport is a winning play
A functioning, healthy sport system is more important than ever in a time when the deliberate division of people and communities is far too common.
Minister Freeland should take a walk in beer industry workers’ shoes
The finance minister should cancel the largest beer tax increase in 40 years, and at the same time, preserve Canadian jobs and support middle-class families.
No easy outs: leaders should wrestle with tensions for a great budget
Budgets represent a set of difficult choices where society’s greatest needs come head to head with the cold reality of what our public finances can afford.
The federal government is failing Canadian health research
Canada risks losing out by inadequately investing in health researchers working to unlock new discoveries.
