Mar 19, 2019
Last Liberal budget underdelivers when Canadians need help most
CUPE says the Liberal government’s final budget before the October election fails to give Canadians help when they need it most.
federal budget
Nov 27, 2018
The economic update the Trudeau government dared not deliver
When Finance Minister Bill Morneau stood in place in the House of Commons on Wednesday, November 21, this is the economic update statement he dared not deliver.
Oct 3, 2018
How much would it cost Trudeau to implement the right to water?
Emma Lui
The 2019 Alternative Federal Budget released last week outlines how much funding the Trudeau government needs to allocate in the 2019 budget to protect drinking water and watersheds.
Mar 8, 2018
No equality without universal child care
Martha Friendly
Susan Prentice
Morna Ballantyne
Without the publicly funded child care now commonplace in many countries, Canada lacks this essential pillar of support for women's equality.
Mar 31, 2017
Hot rocks: Earth's own renewable energy
Penney Kome
2017 Budget’s "net-zero" buildings could be self-heating.
Mar 18, 2017
Progressive budget measures? Thank the CCPA
Stephen Kimber
What if our finance minister chose Canadian values over the interests of a privileged minority?
Jan 27, 2016
No shortage of compelling budget ideas for Finance Minister Bill Morneau
Seth Klein
New federal finance minister Bill Morneau has invited Canadians to submit their ideas and priorities for the next Federal Budget.
Sep 22, 2015
Election 2015: The political economy of balanced budgets
Wenonah Bradshaw
The recent promise of four years of balanced budgets by the Mulcair-led NDP has irked progressive economists puzzled over the decision to eschew running deficits during a period of cyclical slow-down.
Sep 15, 2015
Digging deeper into the federal 'surplus'
This week Stephen Harper's Conservatives are trumpeting the announcement of a small surplus for fiscal year 2014-15. Here's why it doesn't represent a "triumph of good fiscal management."
Jul 23, 2015
The absurdity of government austerity
Government austerity is an oxymoron. The responsibility of governments is to engage with what is happening in the external world and act as initiators of change.
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