Having trouble viewing? Try the web version [link removed] of this email. Pulling back the curtain on the Carney government’s first budget [[link removed]] by Jake Fuss and Grady Munro

The actual federal deficit this year will reach a projected $78.3 billion.

Carney government’s ‘generational investment’ will land squarely on backs of younger Canadians [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Globe and Mail) by Jake Fuss and Grady Munro

To pay for today’s debt accumulation, governments in the future may raise taxes.

Carney government should prioritize high-skilled immigrants who can help grow economy [[link removed]] by Jock Finlayson and Steven Globerman

The federal government plans to admit 380,000 new permanent immigrants annually from 2026 to 2028.

Here’s what pundits and analysts get wrong about the Carney government’s first budget [[link removed]] by Jason Clemens and Jake Fuss

Government bureaucrats and politicians pay little price if they produce less than expected.

Carney poised to repeat Trudeau’s biggest mistakes [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Jake Fuss and Grady Munro

The government plans to spend $585.8 billion this year, an increase of $27.5 billion compared to last December's forecast.

Carney budget continues misguided ‘Build Canada Homes’ approach [[link removed]] by Jake Fuss and Austin Thompson

The BCH budget will be $13 billion over five years.

Carney budget doubles down on Trudeau-era policies [[link removed]] by Kenneth P. Green and Elmira Aliakbari

From 2014/15 to 2024/25, federal spending on "green" initiatives increased from $0.6 billion to $23 billion.

Latest Research Labour productivity—a key driver of higher living standards—grew more than three times as fast in the US compared to Canada between 2001 and 2024 [[link removed]]

Canada’s Productivity Performance: An Historical Perspective, 1981–2024 finds that over the past four decades, and particularly since 2001, labour productivity—key to raising living standards for workers—has increased faster in the US than in Canada. In fact, from 2001 to 2024, labour productivity increased more than three times as fast in the US (54.7 per cent) compared to Canada (16.5 per cent).

Read More [[link removed]] Learning from past successes and failures can mitigate risks in governments’ $20 billion Indigenous loan guarantees in megaprojects, better ensuring success [[link removed]]

Risk and Reward: Indigenous Loan Guarantees for Resource Megaprojects finds that in order to mitigate the risks involved in the $20 billion governments have earmarked for Indigenous loan guarantees to facilitate participation in infrastructure projects, lessons should be learned from past successes and failures.

Read More [[link removed]] Conservative ascendancy spells trouble for progressive parties across Canada [[link removed]]

Many voters in the 905 and B.C.'s Lower Mainland are immigrants who are more conservative than many native-born Canadians.

Latest Commentary Notwithstanding the Charter, neither legislatures nor courts protect individual liberties in Canada [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Epoch Times) by Bruce Pardy

For Canadian intelligentsia, judicial supremacy is the natural order of things.

Ford government again points to U.S. tariffs to justify budget deficits [[link removed]] by Jake Fuss and Grady Munro

The Ontario government this year projects a budget deficit of $13.5 billion.

Here’s how to solve the B.C. government’s debt problem [[link removed]] by Ben Eisen

The B.C. government currently has the largest projected budget deficit in Canada (relative the size of its provincial economy).

Albertans should brace for more bad news in fiscal update [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Tegan Hill

Grants are one of the largest expenses for many of the Alberta government’s ministries.

Alberta government’s plan will improve access to MRIs and CT scans [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Edmonton Journal) by Nadeem Esmail and Tegan Hill

In 2024, the province's median wait time for a CT scan was 12 weeks and 24 weeks for an MRI.

When governments pick winners and losers, most of us lose [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Hamilton Spectator) by Jake Fuss and Tegan Hill

There’s little to no empirical evidence that subsidizing select businesses creates jobs on net.

Carney government should retire misleading ‘G7’ talking point on economic growth [[link removed]] by Ben Eisen and Milagros Palacios

Canada’s per-person GDP actually declined by 2 per cent from 2020 to 2024.

Nova Scotia’s tax system remains uncompetitive [[link removed]] by Ben Eisen

At $50,000, the province's income tax rate is 14.95 per cent—the highest in the country.

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