budget
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Liberals defend lack of deficit plan; critics call it “strategic failure”
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
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Is government-fostered economic growth the way forward for Canada?
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
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Budget 2015: Plenty to chew on for Canada’s industrial sectors
A renewed capital cost allowance program, research spending and a small business tax cut will all help manufacturers leverage the opportunity to grow
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Alberta overspent on pensions and contracts, says report
A new report from the Fraser Institute says overspending has “handcuffed” the provincial government
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Wynne government downplays Moody’s debt downgrade
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
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Federal employment minister hints Canada Job Grant deal looming
Quebec only hold-out remaining; Ottawa hoping to reach “deal in principle” with province by March 31
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Canada Job Grant: Budget does little to relieve provincial concern
Governments in Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia both still worried about contentious federal program
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Feds pledge $631M over two years for new Detroit-Windsor bridge
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said massive project means Canadian goods will get to market faster
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Budget 2014: Incentives for clean energy generation
The benefits apply to equipment acquired after February 10, 2014, that had not previously been used or acquired for use.
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Austere 2014 budget gives auto sector a boost
Harper government also spending $631 million over the next two years to help build a new Detroit-Windsor crossing
