Three Peat – The Progressive Conservatives Win Another Majority Vote Introduction Decision desks across the province called the Ontario election within the first five minutes after the polls closed. Here are the results: The Progressive Conservatives (PC) won re-election by winning 80 seats, 43% of the popular vote. The New Democratic Party (NDP) won 27...Read More
Yesterday the Alberta Government released its 2025 Budget. Summary/Political Context Nate Horner tabled his second budget as Finance Minister and unlike last year’s budget which had a $367 million surplus, this budget includes a $5.2 billion deficit. It is another budget that focuses on restraint which paradoxically comes with a tax cut and increased spending...Read More
On February 18, Finance and Treasury Board Minister John Lohr tabled Budget 2025-26: Unlocking Our Potential. Summary/Political Context On Tuesday, John Lohr tabled his first budget as finance minister — and his party’s first since winning last November’s election —projecting revenues of $16.5 billion, expenses of $17.6 billion and a deficit of $698 million. As...Read More
December 16, 2024: What a day in politics… IntroductionNever in Canadian history has a finance minister resigned on the day they were slated to deliver a Fall Economic Statement (FES). The FES can be viewed as a mini budget as it reports on the fiscal health of the nation and sets the priorities ahead of...Read More
A Supermajority – The Progressive Conservatives Increase Their Vote and Seat Count November 26, 2024 IntroductionThe results are in! The Progressive Conservatives (PC) won re-election with 43 seats (up from 34 at dissolution) and managed to capture a massive 52.8% of the popular vote. The New Democratic Party (NDP) won nine seats becoming the Official...Read More
October 31, 2024 On October 28, the Saskatchewan Party (SP) won their fifth straight majority government. Not since the days of Tommy Douglas and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (which governed from 1944 to 1964) has a single party won five elections in a row. The SP won the race with 34 seats (and a popular...Read More
October 22, 2024New Brunswick (NB) likes change – since 2006 it has alternated between the NB Liberals and NB Progressive Conservatives (PCs) with Premiers only being able to serve one term. While Premier Blain Higgs broke this pattern and served two terms, last night he lost his seat and the election to the Liberals. Among...Read More
October 20, 2024 The results are in and the only thing it tells us for certain is the British Columbia (BC) NDP are no longer in the majority. In fact, at the time this document was written, both the BC NDP and BC Conservatives are in a dead heat when it comes to elected seats....Read More
As part of developing the Federal Budget for 2025, the House of Commons Finance Committee is seeking Canadians participation in its annual pre-budget consultations process. “Each year, Canadians are invited to contribute their views to the committee on their priorities for the next federal budget. Once again, we’re eager to hear from Canadians, who provide...Read More
April 16, 2024Today the Government of Canada released its 2024 Budget. SummaryFinance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled her fourth budget today which includes $535 billion in spending and has a deficit of $39.8 billion, compared to last year’s deficit of $40.1 billion. Total new spending is $11.5 billion. Key spending areas are: $8.5 billion to house...Read More
