Economy

The hand-wringing over the 2016 federal budget neglects the acknowledgement that ’living in the red can be smart sometimes’

With the budget, the Liberals have taken a page out of the Conservative plan for program expenditures. But there are many reasons to think it won’t work.

Money coach Janet Gray on changes coming to the Canada Student Grant and student tax credits

MoneySense editor Romana King breaks down the numbers

Pierre Trudeau’s first budget had one big economic advantage over his son’s

After 11 months of surpluses, Ottawa still says 2015 will end with an annual deficit. March will have to be a horrible month.

When it comes to Justin Trudeau’s innovation agenda, what didn’t appear in the budget was as important as what did

The word ’government’ was all over Bill Morneau’s lips in his budget speech—with few mentions of ’business.’ Times are a-changing.

It’s both easier and harder than it seems, writes economist Stephen Gordon

Kevin Carmichael explains why going back to 65 is bad policy