Jim Flaherty

Here are four of the first five questions asked by the NDP yesterday afternoon. None of those questions received straight...

A week after the speech in Davos, CTV has the Prime Minister in " retreat ." Update 9:52am. A note from the Finance Minister’s...

Paul Wells on how this could have been an issue in any of the last six federal elections

The government sent up Joyce Bateman during QP yesterday to lament that the NDP wanted to expand the Canada Pension...

Greg Weston questions the existence of the Canada Employment Insurance Financing Board. The NDP is unimpressed . For the...

Harper’s declaration that the federal contribution will outstrip provincial spending applies only to the very short term

The Prime Minister raised the issue of MP pensions in his interview with the CBC earlier this week, but, as the Finance Minister...

The Finance Minister might be ready to cut some departmental budgets by more than 10%, but he’s not ready to say this has anything...

If the Prime Minister is looking for advice, Scott Clark and Peter DeVries have already posted their budget submission. Included...

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