What about Canada’s commitment to poverty reduction? MPs left us on read

Young people are demanding elected officials take responsibility for commitments to Canada’s poverty-reduction goals. But, they’re choosing to ignore us.
Remaking Canada at warp speed: Nov. 4 will be a budget like no other

The Liberals have been left to draw up a budget package in the midst of the destruction of the trade relationship that is the modern Canadian economy.
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.