IFSD's Kevin Page spoke to The Globe and Mail about how the public service spending review "is significant, but I don’t think they’re done yet.” He added extra spending in #Budget2025 is understandable with the economic shock Canada is facing. “The government is basically saying we

IFSD's VP Sahir Khan told CBC News that uptake on the Public Service Pension Plan early retirement offer in #Budget2025 could depend on what’s actually being offered. “I think if you were thinking of leaving … then maybe that’s an incentive to go, if the packages are generous

Some of the most insightful comments on today's federal budget coming from Sahir Khan 🇨🇦 of Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy

IFSD's VP Sahir Khan 🇨🇦 spoke about how #Budget2025's public service job cut target is “relatively modest” compared to what some expected to see. He told CBC News that “this still strikes me as relatively modest in terms of where they could have gone, in terms of getting the

IFSD's Chief Economist Mostafa Askari spoke to CTV News about how this wasn't a "feel good kind of budget for average Canadians that they can feel right away." Instead #Budget2025 has "more of a long term vision for the government, that the economy needs to pivot...so we can

"Everybody in the G7 would gladly trade positions with Canada. There is no fiscal crisis and we’re not on any precipice." That's what IFSD VP Sahir Khan 🇨🇦 told CBC about 🇨🇦's deficit – it's high, but manageable. The Carney government is making a hard pivot to bolstering the

"Margaret Atwood has said that the difficulty of governing from the centre is that you get attacked from both sides." Policy Magazine #Budget2025 reaction: Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy's Kevin Page with "Budget 2025: A Capital Investment Agenda" bit.ly/47ByNeQ #cdnpoli #cdnecon #Carney

IFSD President Kevin Page has a new piece on yesterday's budget, hot off the presses in Policy Magazine. He poses questions that frame the budget debate, describes what #Budget2025 does, and writes about the political challenges it faces. "The beauty of a democracy is that we have

IFSD's VP Sahir Khan 🇨🇦 told BNN Bloomberg this morning how #Budget2025 is more a pivot by the federal government towards capital investment and growth than generational change. But it could redefine governing at the federal level for the next decade. He explained that he's

What's the verdict on #Budget2025? Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy President Kevin Page told Globalnews.ca that the budget's approach is consistent with what was in the Liberal election platform. But he cautions the Carney government's agenda – focused on building, diversifying trade and increasing

Craving more #Budget2025 talk? IFSD VP Sahir Khan 🇨🇦 was a guest on Ontario Today answering great questions from callers on yesterday's budget. Listen in here: cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

“If the situation deteriorates on the economic side, this [budget] will have to shift,” says Sahir Khan 🇨🇦, co-founder and executive vice-president of Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy. “I don't think these measures are going to kick in in the short term. It’s about confidence in the short term, but the

Former Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page goes on the investments made in the new federal budget: "Right now we got a strategy, but we have to see the implementation". Full interview: youtu.be/tt_STtIBrDQ?si…

💬 Indigenous Peoples "are not highlighted in a specific chapter, as they were under Prime Minister Trudeau. But you could go through the document and see Indigenous influence throughout...And then, actually, when you get to the back of the document where they talk about savings

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