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Hub Headlines is a daily audio program of TheHub.ca. It features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. Here are the headlines for April 18, 2024.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unveiled a federal budget yesterday that she insisted will deliver “fairness for every generation.”
In their wake, boomers have set policy traps that have systematically kneecapped future generations’ prospects, leaving behind a country of systems littered with economic landmines and lower living standards.
It’s no secret that it will be a big spending budget that will probably hit relatively upper-income earners and corporations with higher taxes while never targeting a balanced budget.
The decline in Canada’s overall happiness score appears to be age-driven. Canadian youth now rank much more poorly in their life evaluations than older Canadians.
On the third anniversary of The Hub’s existence, here are ten things we learned over the past year, including that Canada has a prosperity predicament, the future of news is bright, and Canadian history is still contentious.
Public-sector employment is expanding faster than private-sector employment and self-employment. It is probably not entirely coincidental that our expanding public sector is being accompanied by poor real per capita GDP growth.
For both the job market and inflation, Canada is showing some separation from the U.S., and we suspect that will drive a small separation between BoC and Fed rate policy in coming months.
This week in politics the big stories included the Liberal government’s funding announcement for a national school food program, Trudeau’s criticisms of his own government’s immigration policies, and new analysis of income growth numbers in Canada.
The Roundtbale discuss Trevor Tombe’s latest article on “The Great Canadian Slump,” as well as Trudeau’s recent comments about immigration. Finally, they respond to criticisms of last week’s discussion about why conservatives should give up on Doug Ford.
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