Health organizations have questions, but few answers about feds’ new $5-billion Health Infrastructure Fund

The Canadian Association for Long Term Care says it will need an additional 382,400 to 454,000 beds by 2035 to keep up with demand. This is an increase of between 93 per cent and 121 per cent.
Women entrepreneurs are a crucial asset for Canada’s economy, they deserve a voice in shaping it

Not only must our government better support women entrepreneurs and the organizations that champion them, but they must also ensure they have a meaningful voice in economic policy and planning decisions.
Trump wants to squeeze us hard enough so we come begging

Our test is to prove him wrong, and not sacrifice the future for the present.
Holding two elected positions, B.C. Conservative MP Au is the highest paid backbencher in the House

Conservative MP Chak Au is estimated to be earning a total of $314,757 as both an MP and British Columbia City Councillor.
Nearly 2,000 jobs and $1.5-billion to be cut across five departments by 2030, PBO analysis shows

The Correctional Service and Fisheries and Oceans are among the five affected, but the Parliamentary Budget Office is now requesting information about how all departments will achieve the projected $60-billion in spending cuts by the end of the decade.
A 2026 financial sector wish list

It’s time to commission an independent expert task force to ask how the sector’s regulatory framework should evolve to foster more competition and innovation.
Canada’s trillion-dollar opportunity depends on data

One essential element remains underdeveloped: a national data strategy capable of fuelling the sovereign compute engine we are trying to build—and ensuring its benefits accrue at home.
Federal government’s financial reporting is late and misleading

There’s no good reason the federal government cannot—like publicly traded companies are required to—publish its financial statements in three months.
Buried in the MOU: a licence to lie

When our government rewrites truth-in-advertising rules, it not only impairs consumer choice and dupes investors, but it also rigs the market to favour big polluters over genuinely green industries.
Faster payments and true transparency: delivering payments modernization in Canada

The 2025 federal budget was a clear and significant step forward for payments modernization efforts in Canada. The government’s emphasis on bringing greater competition and innovation to the financial sector comes at a crucial moment as people and businesses crave modern services that will help them more easily move and manage their money, both domestically […]