Canada’s latest federal budget has some real gains in it—and some really frustrating half-measures

It is too soon for the federal government to rest on its climate laurels.

2024 federal budget makes biggest investments in housing, care economy in generations with its second-to-last budget before an election

Permanently higher prices mean that younger people are struggling to keep up with housing, food, and transport costs. The feds need to take action—or risk losing the next election.

With an election looming on the horizon, might we be nearing the end of the Liberal-NDP agreement?

If the feds are serious about tackling non-compliant Airbnb-type rentals, they should go after the platforms, not just the users

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland talks up housing and affordability while austerity looms

Prepared remarks for Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2024 Budget

Now that the summer break is over, the federal government is back in session amidst a cost-of-living crisis.

Alternative Federal Budget: what the federal government could achieve on affordable housing and homelessness

Federal cabinet ministers are meeting in Charlottetown to discuss the housing crisis

Like a vampire, consulting firms are suave and sophisticated actors that aim to gain the trust of their targets.

The 2023 federal budget goes puts the market at the forefront of climate solutions—at our own peril

The tension between this federal government’s neoliberal economic roots and social justice ambitions has always been evident.

Investments in a clean economy, dental care, and a GST top-up stole the show; many other needed investments have gone missing.

We’re not expecting many bells and whistles in this federal budget. It doesn’t need to be that way.