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.

The federal government just released its latest fiscal update. CCPA senior economist David Macdonald has the details.

On October 24, CCPA senior economist David Macdonald presented to the Standing Committee on Finance for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2023 Budget

Parliament has returned from its summer break. We’re expecting a packed—and heated— agenda.

Throughout the pandemic, many small- and medium-sized businesses have weathered the storm, thanks to federal government help. In his deputation to Canada's federal Industry Committee, David Macdonald says it's time to give those businesses an "off-ramp".

The new era of climate ambition looks a lot like the old era of climate foot-dragging

The federal Liberal-NDP agreement has resulted in the first step toward a national dental care program, starting with children. There’s a strong case to grow this public investment

Our analysis of the 2022 federal budget

This budget could herald the beginning of a Pearsonian period of progressive policy making