Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Canada’s Politics and Government News Source Since 1989

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 | Latest Paper

Budget

Shafqat Ali
Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali’s second supplementary estimates for 2025-26, tabled on Nov. 7, outline $10.8-billion in spending. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO | November 7, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government sold the budget as 'economically transformational,' but CFIB president Dan Kelly says it was 'a pretty high bar, and I would not say we even came close to that in this budget.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO | November 7, 2025
News | BY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO | November 7, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government sold the budget as 'economically transformational,' but CFIB president Dan Kelly says it was 'a pretty high bar, and I would not say we even came close to that in this budget.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | November 7, 2025
The budget did not clarify the future of some of the climate programs that are due to sunset in Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin's department in the coming years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | November 7, 2025
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | November 7, 2025
The budget did not clarify the future of some of the climate programs that are due to sunset in Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin's department in the coming years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY RAM MATHILAKATH, GREG MACDOUGALL | November 6, 2025
Mark Carney
Capital allocation is disciplined and deliberate in Prime Minister Mark Carney's budget, write Ram Mathilakath and Greg MacDougall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY RAM MATHILAKATH, GREG MACDOUGALL | November 6, 2025
Opinion | BY RAM MATHILAKATH, GREG MACDOUGALL | November 6, 2025
Mark Carney
Capital allocation is disciplined and deliberate in Prime Minister Mark Carney's budget, write Ram Mathilakath and Greg MacDougall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Budget 2025 says the government intends to introduce legislation to regulate stablecoins, with the the Bank of Canada spending $10-million over two years to administer the ensuing legislation starting in 2026-27. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Budget 2025 says the government intends to introduce legislation to regulate stablecoins, with the the Bank of Canada spending $10-million over two years to administer the ensuing legislation starting in 2026-27. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 6, 2025 | UPDATED November 7, 2025
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, centre, pictured alongside his House Leader Christine Normandin, right, and MP Jean-Denis Garon, left, says his party will be voting against the Liberal budget. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 6, 2025 | UPDATED November 7, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 6, 2025 | UPDATED November 7, 2025
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, centre, pictured alongside his House Leader Christine Normandin, right, and MP Jean-Denis Garon, left, says his party will be voting against the Liberal budget. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 13, 2024
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland released the 2024 federal budget last month. The venture-capital industry and tech companies argue her tax measures will lead to a decline in capital available to aspiring tech firms. So far, they have offered little hard evidence that Freeland’s plan would discourage investment, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 13, 2024
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 13, 2024
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland released the 2024 federal budget last month. The venture-capital industry and tech companies argue her tax measures will lead to a decline in capital available to aspiring tech firms. So far, they have offered little hard evidence that Freeland’s plan would discourage investment, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | May 9, 2024
Chrystia Freeland
Finance Minister Chystia Freeland presented Budget 2024 which proposed changes to the capital gain tax inclusion rate. Some business leaders are challenging claims made by the government about the policy’s potential impacts. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | May 9, 2024
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | May 9, 2024
Chrystia Freeland
Finance Minister Chystia Freeland presented Budget 2024 which proposed changes to the capital gain tax inclusion rate. Some business leaders are challenging claims made by the government about the policy’s potential impacts. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Although the budget included funding for the important National School Food Program, it did not centre measures to ensure food affordability, write Marissa Alexander and Wade Thorhaug. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Although the budget included funding for the important National School Food Program, it did not centre measures to ensure food affordability, write Marissa Alexander and Wade Thorhaug. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KYLE LARKIN | May 6, 2024
Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay. As policymakers look ahead, it is essential that the urgent calls from our agricultural sector are heard and acted upon decisively, writes Kyle Larkin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KYLE LARKIN | May 6, 2024
Opinion | BY KYLE LARKIN | May 6, 2024
Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay. As policymakers look ahead, it is essential that the urgent calls from our agricultural sector are heard and acted upon decisively, writes Kyle Larkin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KATHLEEN ROSS | May 6, 2024
The unintended consequence of the proposal to increase the capital gains rate is that it puts significantly more strain on community-based physicians, writes Kathleen Ross. Unsplash photograph by Luis Melendez
Opinion | BY KATHLEEN ROSS | May 6, 2024
Opinion | BY KATHLEEN ROSS | May 6, 2024
The unintended consequence of the proposal to increase the capital gains rate is that it puts significantly more strain on community-based physicians, writes Kathleen Ross. Unsplash photograph by Luis Melendez
Opinion | BY STEVEN BOMS | May 1, 2024
Chrystia Freeland
The consumer-driven banking framework in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s 2024 budget presents an important advancement in financial services, writes Steven Boms. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY STEVEN BOMS | May 1, 2024
Opinion | BY STEVEN BOMS | May 1, 2024
Chrystia Freeland
The consumer-driven banking framework in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s 2024 budget presents an important advancement in financial services, writes Steven Boms. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | May 1, 2024
Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and the rest of the Liberals may now be reassessing their shameless profligacy and wondering why there is no payback for their ‘generosity,’ writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | May 1, 2024
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | May 1, 2024
Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and the rest of the Liberals may now be reassessing their shameless profligacy and wondering why there is no payback for their ‘generosity,’ writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY JAKE FUSS | April 29, 2024
Fiscal rules should be imposed on the growth of government spending to prevent the crowding out of private-sector investment, writes Jake Fuss. Pexels image by Monstera Production
Opinion | BY JAKE FUSS | April 29, 2024
Opinion | BY JAKE FUSS | April 29, 2024
Fiscal rules should be imposed on the growth of government spending to prevent the crowding out of private-sector investment, writes Jake Fuss. Pexels image by Monstera Production
Opinion | BY ERIN WEIR | April 29, 2024
The prospect of paying tax on a gain does not remove the incentive to buy an asset you expect to rise in value, writes Erin Weir. Pexels image by Monstera Production
Opinion | BY ERIN WEIR | April 29, 2024
Opinion | BY ERIN WEIR | April 29, 2024
The prospect of paying tax on a gain does not remove the incentive to buy an asset you expect to rise in value, writes Erin Weir. Pexels image by Monstera Production
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 26, 2024
Treasury Board President Anita Anand, left, and Public Service Alliance of Canada national president Chris Aylward. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 26, 2024
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 26, 2024
Treasury Board President Anita Anand, left, and Public Service Alliance of Canada national president Chris Aylward. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SARAH LAFRAMBOISE, FARAH QAISER | April 25, 2024
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne
Innovation, Science, and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne. The budget’s investment in science and research comes in the wake of a concerted advocacy effort, write Sarah Laframboise and Farah Qaiser. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SARAH LAFRAMBOISE, FARAH QAISER | April 25, 2024
Opinion | BY SARAH LAFRAMBOISE, FARAH QAISER | April 25, 2024
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne
Innovation, Science, and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne. The budget’s investment in science and research comes in the wake of a concerted advocacy effort, write Sarah Laframboise and Farah Qaiser. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | April 24, 2024
Between 2020 and 2023, the number of companies owing excise debt increased from 68 to 213, accounting for a threefold increase in outstanding debt from $52.4-million to $192.7-million. Without swift action from the federal government, there soon may not be a legal market left to tax, says Organigram CEO Beena Goldenberg. The Hill Times file photograph
News | BY STUART BENSON | April 24, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | April 24, 2024
Between 2020 and 2023, the number of companies owing excise debt increased from 68 to 213, accounting for a threefold increase in outstanding debt from $52.4-million to $192.7-million. Without swift action from the federal government, there soon may not be a legal market left to tax, says Organigram CEO Beena Goldenberg. The Hill Times file photograph