Former parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page called the lack of formal targets “a gaping hole,” saying you can’t have a budget without a fiscal plan
Budget 2016 preview: The federal Liberals are banking on their budget measures being nothing less than transformative, at least in the mid to longer term
A renewed capital cost allowance program, research spending and a small business tax cut will all help manufacturers leverage the opportunity to grow
A new report from the Fraser Institute says overspending has “handcuffed” the provincial government
Interest charges of $11 billion dollars a year is already the third largest expenditure in the Ontario budget. It would go even higher if Moody’s downgraded the province’s credit rating
Quebec only hold-out remaining; Ottawa hoping to reach “deal in principle” with province by March 31
Governments in Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia both still worried about contentious federal program
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said massive project means Canadian goods will get to market faster
Canada’s largest private sector union said Conservative’s 2014 budget comes up short in job creation
The benefits apply to equipment acquired after February 10, 2014, that had not previously been used or acquired for use.
