The euphoria about a federal budget that promises to give birth to a new, strong Canada feels more like post-partum depression ten days later. It is understandable that the budget puts funds in many buckets to deal with economic uncertainty and survive Trump. Tax cuts, incentives for private investment, infrastructure projects and workforce retraining policies…
On November 4, Canadians will see an “all-in-one” budget bill. It will include a revamped housing strategy, new climate change plans, immigration system reform, national projects, new defence plans and priorities, a deficit reduction strategy, tax changes that affect equity and cuts to existing federal programs. While all of the proposed measures are connected and…
Americans have done it again. They have brought Donald J. Trump back to the White House after a hotly contested election campaign filled with plot twists worthy of an Agatha Christie novel. Who could have foreseen that President Joe Biden would bow out midstream and yield to his vice president, Kamala Harris? Who would have…
The Canadian Federal Budget, unveiled each Spring, reveals each government’s true priorities more accurately than campaign promises or mandate letters. This motion is so crucial to our democracy that a failure to pass it is commonly considered a vote of no confidence for the sitting government. Given its significance, it is a matter of civil…
“The past few years we’ve done significant work to improve,” Dr. Humphreys says, “so we can continue to grow faculty, staff, students, etc – but a global pandemic got in the way.” In May, Christian Courier published an article about the recent layoffs of four valued members of the King’s University community (“Confusion at King’s”)….
On April 7, the federal government released Budget 2022, sparking another round of analysis and debate about how public money should be spent. Christians in Canada would do well to reflect on what criteria we are using to evaluate government spending decisions. Otherwise, it can be difficult to contextualize spending announcements, particularly when we’re dealing…
Cost of living issues are dominating Ontario’s provincial election campaign. That is understandable because of recent price increases in food, gas and housing. It is also unfortunate because public debate focuses on short-term fixes when we need wise direction for the long-term challenges facing Ontario. Short-termism is already baked into our electoral system. But changing…
Federal Budget 2022 turned out to be a sober document, contrary to media hype about New Democrats hijacking the agenda, fears of reckless spending and Corporate Canada’s push to return to 1990s-era budgeting. Instead, this budget charts a middle-of-the-road approach, bending over backwards, it seems, to dispel fears that the Liberals have become socialists. It…
Kathy takes a look at the 2017 National Budget with an eye toward how it deals with children and youth issues.
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