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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Chrystia Freeland arrive to hold a press conference in Ottawa on April 20, 2021. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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Hub Explainer: Canada’s growing debt is sustainable, but risky

By 2025, Canada’s federal debt may increase by roughly $716 billion — nearly double our pre-COVID level. And 2020 and 2021 alone account for over $520 billion of that. With such staggering sums, it’s natural to wonder what this means for the future.

Trevor Tombe - Posted on April 22, 2021
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland delivers the federal budget in the House of Commons as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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Veronica Green: Gender analysis should go beyond the prototypical Liberal woman

In the past six years, my feminist credo, and that of my prime minister, has been challenged. We have both been confronted by the realities of what it means to be a woman in the workplace.

Veronica Green - Posted on April 22, 2021
On the same day Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the budget, NASA flew a helicopter on Mars. Credit: NASA.
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Robert Asselin: The federal budget has no answers on the question of growth

Governing is about making choices, but if this budget can be defined as anything it is everything. No one has been left out.

Robert Asselin - Posted on April 21, 2021
Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland walks to a news conference before delivering the federal budget on April 19, 2021. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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Mitchell and Mrozek: A national daycare system is simply a bad idea

The sales pitch for the plan involves the promise of low user fees for families. Yet, the proposed national system is structurally opposed to equity for all families

Peter Jon Mitchell and Andrea Mrozek - Posted on April 21, 2021
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau boards his campaign plane in Ottawa on September 29, 2019. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press
News Dispatch

The budget is a roadmap for the next election campaign

Within minutes of the federal budget being tabled on Monday, the opposition Conservatives were referring to it as an election platform, rather than a dry accounting of the nation’s finances.…

Stuart Thomson - Posted on April 20, 2021
Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland speaks at a news conference in Ottawa. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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Sean Speer: The budget is a sign that progressives are winning the battle of ideas

A combination of new generations, new challenges and unexpected events are bound to threaten previous intellectual advances.

Sean Speer - Posted on April 20, 2021
In this 1961 file photo, President John F. Kennedy urges congress to approve additional funds to bolster space programs. AP Photo.
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Patrick Luciani: Blame government overreach for the decline in trust

Public trust in government institutions is in freefall

Patrick Luciani - Posted on April 20, 2021
Two young boys play at a daycare in Vancouver. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press
Viewpoint

Boessenkool and Roth: The key to childcare is choice and flexibility

The key difference in this debate is between those who would maximize flexibility for working parents and those who would build an entirely new one-size-fits-all institution for the care of children

Ken Boessenkool and Ginny Roth - Posted on April 19, 2021
Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland hands over the 2020 fiscal update in the House of Commons on Nov. 30, 2020. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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Sean Speer: What is all this spending going to get us?

We know the sticker price, but we rarely know what we’re actually getting or what we might have gotten instead.

Sean Speer - Posted on April 19, 2021
The economy contracted by 5.4 percent in 2020, the largest decline on record. Steven Senne/AP Photo
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Clemens & Palacios: Positive economic news masks underlying weaknesses

While Canadians should welcome good news, these latest numbers should not mask the underlying weaknesses of the Canadian economy

Jason Clemens and Milagros Palacios - Posted on April 19, 2021

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