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The estimated $22 billion in savings falls short of $50 billion needed to steady debt-to-GDP ratio, says study

The challenge with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s goal of building 2.5 million homes within a decade, writes David Olive, is that an enormous coalition of players will have to do their part.

The report says the review will only include about one-third of all program spending and is expected to save less than half the amount needed to right the federal finances

Angela Choi, partner and national fiscal sustainability leader at Deloitte Canada, says governments must find efficiencies rather than solely relying on cost-cutting.

The amount of influence the House Finance Committee can have on a government budget is debatable, say observers, who note the fall schedule could provide an opportunity to adjust the process.

Ottawa should take a page from Britain’s book on how to get big pension funds to invest in infrastructure.

The N.B. MP, serving as secretary of state responsible for the CRA and financial institutions, began budget consultations this week.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ on July 4, making several changes intended to spur business growth in the U.S.

While inflation may have since been tamed, Statistics Canada’s monthly inflation figures show that the pandemic-era price hikes survived.

Trudeau government’s spending, not Bank of Canada interest rate policies, deemed largely responsible for soaring inflation during pandemic