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No gifts for single mothers in Canada’s Spring Economic Update
A third of single mothers are poor and the federal government is failing to act
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Keep Canadian airports public
The federal government would be making a big mistake if they follow through on an idea to privatize Canada’s airports
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Canada’s federal government abandons national pharmacare
There will be no new federal funding for pharmacare. Provinces and territories will have to go it alone.
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Canada’s new “sovereign wealth fund” is not exactly what it seems
The Canada Strong Fund’s confusing announcement comes with some worrying signals about how it will be used
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Spring economic update wraps up old ideas as new projects
Empowered with a majority government and new resource revenue, the feds are doing more of the same
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Three big ideas for Canada’s federal fiscal update
Parental leave and health care should be a priority, while implementing a windfall tax on oil profiteers of the war on Iran
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The oil industry is making billions from the Iran war—it should be taxed
The current windfall could be Canadian oil’s final boom—so the proceeds must be reinvested into economic diversification and industrial planning
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Cruel and unnecessary punishment: Asylum seekers will foot half of department’s cost-cutting blitz
The IRCC wants asylum-seekers to pay for half of that department’s spending cuts by cutting dental and prescription coverage.
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Bill C-15 would allow corporations to be exempt from most Canadian laws
Buried on page 300 of the government’s omnibus budget implementation bill is an extremely troubling clause regarding corporate power in Canada—one that allows all cabinet…
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2025 was Canada’s year of Mark Carney: What have we learned about his economic policy agenda?
A year ago, Mark Carney was just a glimmer in the eye of a Liberal party that was inevitably headed for a horrendous defeat at…
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David Macdonald speaks to Senate about Bill C-15
On December 2, CCPA Senior Economist David Macdonald was invited to speak to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance about Bill C-15, the first…
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Talking ‘bout my generational investment: Why the federal budget fails to meet the moment
Budget 2025 featured talk of “generational investments” and proclaimed a headline number of $1 trillion in combined new public and private investment over five years.…
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