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Mark Carney and François-Philippe Champaign joke together while children stand in the background looking unimpressed.

Fiscal rules and the return of discipline to Canada’s finances

Governments often abandon fiscal rules when choices get hard, but clear standards and independent oversight could help restore credibility.
The man stands knee-deep in a clearing with tall grasses and an evergreen forest in the distance.

Why peatlands must be central to Canada’s climate and economic agendas

Students filling out participatory budget idea submission form.

Participatory budgeting is a low-risk, high-return democratic upgrade

Tiff macklem gestures with his hands while speaking at a microphone with a Canadian flag in the background.

Canada needs an open finance roadmap, not just open banking

A shiny new foodbank with food organized on shelves with aisles like a supermarket.

Ten million Canadians live in food-insecure households. The federal budget doesn’t help them

Mark Carney speaking at a podium, viewed from the side, with dark background.

Carney’s industrial bet: Building Canada’s future while cutting the public service

Mark Carney and François-Philippe Champaign joke together while children stand in the background looking unimpressed.

Fiscal rules and the return of discipline to Canada’s finances

Des passants traversent une intersection animée au centre-ville, sous un ciel gris. Les immeubles environnants, dont un avec le logo de Google, se reflètent dans une flaque d’eau au premier plan. Les décorations lumineuses des arbres évoquent la période des Fêtes.

Quebec since 1995: decline or progress?

Montreal City Hall, close-up view from below, with the flags of Canada and Quebec flying in the foreground.

Staying the course toward sound public finances

Projets d’infrastructure et relance économique au Québec

Recovery plans must be built on a foundation of economic growth

Prioriser l’emploi : la Banque du Canada a besoin d’un double mandat

A tax-cut led recovery is entirely achievable

More than ever, climate debt swaps should be the financial tool of choice

A bold Conservative platform would include universal basic income

Canada can’t achieve climate goals without supercharging carbon removal

A sovereign wealth fund for our health care system isn’t far-fetched

Now, with a deal made to help cities, the work begins

Des politiques sectorielles pour soutenir l’économie durant la pandémie

The challenge of museum governance in a pandemic

Ontario’s gambling profits flow from a hidden tax on the vulnerable

Le recours insuffisant à l’écofiscalité au Québec

Sondage : quelles politiques adopter après la crise ?

Cutting post-secondary budgets during COVID a bad move

Canada’s multi-faceted trade diversification challenge

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