Budget

The CBC reports the government will cut deeper into departmental budgets than previously planned. The Finance Minister raises the...

Scott Clark and Peter DeVries consider the Harper government’s health funding proposal.

Government spending has increased and the future looks expensive . Kevin Page questions the government’s fiscal plans going...

The Harper government’s ability to announce impressive-sounding numbers apparently exceeds its ability to use those...

Scott Clark and Peter DeVries find the Finance Minister’s budget update to be "lacking in transparency, accountability, and a...

The Canadian Press notes that the Conservative promise of income splitting for two-parent families will be delayed another year by...

The New Democrats and Liberals are unhappy with Jim Flaherty’s decision to deliver the economic update far away from the House of...

The prepared text of the Finance Minister’s remarks is here . For those of you scoring at home, six references are made to...

The Harper government delays balancing the books. Again.

Scott Clark and Peter DeVries lay out what the Harper government should do with its fall economic update.