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

Ambitious spending and sweeping strategies define the new budget but execution risks could turn a bold vision into a missed opportunity.
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Canada is spending billions to fix the wrong productivity problem

Thomas Courchene in a suit standing for a portrait.

Tom Courchene showed how economists can shape public policy

A worker in a yellow safety vest wrangles three shopping carts in a driving snowstorm.

A youth employment supplement could rebalance Canada’s generational divide

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

A chance to forge a fiscal relationship with Indigenous peoples

Returning to balanced budgets requires a careful game plan

Wealthier kids will benefit most from a tuition drop

The case for having a federal evaluator general

Ontario communities can’t afford government cuts

So much for ‘austerity-light’ in Ontario

Should corporate law shape boards of directors?

Fundamental science needs further investment

Budget du Québec 2019-2020 : l’impulsion aux dépenses

L’écueil du budget libéral : le cadre fiscal conservateur

We’re missing a potent plan to train the next generation of researchers

How policy-makers can help Canadians build financial security

It’s true: the oil patch doesn’t need handouts

Making the most of Canada’s infrastructure revival

A“don’t-do” list for Trudeau on climate and energy

The challenge for Canada’s equalization program

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