A spring election may push budget to fall 2025, says former PBO Page
The lengthy prorogation will also ‘complicate and put at risk’ the approval of supply funds—spending money, essentially—for the government, says ex-parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page.
The feds found money fast for a GST holiday—why not for the years-promised Canada Disability Benefit?
If billions can suddenly be found for untargeted giveaways, why has the CDB been relegated to fiscal crumbs?
There’s even greater urgency in building a stronger economy
It’s time our existing government to act like a real one until the next election so that more can be done over the coming months to put urgently needed policies in place for long-term change.
Expanding AI in government operations, modernizing Service Canada sites among feds’ fiscal update’s public service-related measures
The Dec. 16 fall economic update offers no further details on planned savings tied to ‘natural attrition’ in the 2024 federal budget, but noted that effort ‘will begin showing results in 2025-26.’
Prime Minister’s Office confirms it cancelled year-end media interviews following fallout from Freeland’s bombshell mic drop
The PMO cancelled interviews with at least seven outlets: Global News, CBC, CTV, Radio-Canada, TVA Nouvelles, and a joint interview with CityNews and OMNI Television. Spark Advocacy’s Bruce Anderson says if ‘your plan is to challenge Canadians to follow your leadership in an impending economic/trade crisis, as a way of saving your leadership, you do not give up these communications platforms.’
Hundreds of billions in ‘contingent liabilities’ loom large over Canada
This year’s increase in the deficit is just the first of many payouts of Indigenous contingent liabilities from the backlog of claims accepted in principle but not yet paid.
Freeland’s opportunism on display in stunning resignation letter
Chrystia Freeland ought to be reminded that she’s held the finance portfolio since 2020. Not one of her budgets was ever balanced.
Fiscal update fails to address ‘the Great Breakup’
For the past two years, women at the director level are consistently leaving their jobs faster than they’re being promoted.
Delayed public accounts report public debt charges increased by 35 per cent in 2023-24
‘Indigenous contingent liabilities’ and some pandemic expenses expanded the budgetary deficit to $61.9-billion, up from the $40.1-billion projected in Budget 2024.
A Chrystia carol: House wraps for the holidays as spectre of Freeland’s bombshell resignation haunts Liberal caucus
As the House rises for 2024, Liberal backbenchers get their turn in the spotlight following the fallout from Chrystia Freeland’s cabinet resignation.
