Alarmingly, the PBO reports interest is the fastest-growing expense. Thatâs largely because the debt is growing at twice the rate of deficits - because off-budget accounting.
Interest costs are projected to eat up $83.0 billion by 2030â31, 13.6Âą of every tax dollar.
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The PBO projects the Carney govât wonât meet its second fiscal anchor of a declining deficit-to-GDP ratio.
The Carney govât is blowing through its fiscal anchor - after doubling deficits in its first budget compared to Trudeauâs last budget.
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The PBO released its report on the Carney governmentâs operating budget fiscal anchor.
The PBO formally states, âAttributions of certain tax or spending initiatives as operating versus capital appear contradictory and would benefit from a more formal methodology motivation.â
In other words, the Carney governmentâs definition of operating vs. capital is nonsensical.
The PBO also states, âthe lack of specific definitions to the initiative level constrained the ability to assess whether the anchor would function as a binding discipline on overall federal spending in practice or serve more as a directional guide as to high-level values for the government.â
In other words, the Carney governmentâs nonsensical definition of operating vs. capital is a smoke screen and creates confusion about what actually is going on with federal finances.
Mr. Carney should abandon this methodology and simply stick with long-standing operating and capital definitions under the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) standards.
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Inflation numbers are out. At 3% itâs at the very top end of the range.
The cost of gas increased 22.8% YoY in August, and rent 2.8%.
And StatsCan said, âAlthough prices for groceries decelerated this month, prices have increased 29 per cent since August 2021.â
Lower income households are still struggling because a disproportionate amount of their income goes to gas, rent and groceries.
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In the lead up to the investment summit, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced today a new federal measure to offer âadvanced tax rulingsâ for investments of $1-billion or more. That would give investors binding decisions on how Canadian tax law will apply on a transaction before they commit capital, giving them more certainty.
Ottawa is well aware that a complaint investors have had about Canada is that there are too many holdups and lengthy approval processes that make closing a big deal uncertain. Champagne's announcement at an event hosted by the Milken Institute seems to be aimed squarely at removing one of those friction points, writes @jembradshaw.
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This sounds like something that began in the ministerâs office:
âWe need something for the Minister to announce at the summit.â
The Advance Income Tax Rulings program has been operating for more than 50 years. Rulings normally get processed in 90 business days.
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In the lead up to the investment summit, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced today a new federal measure to offer âadvanced tax rulingsâ for investments of $1-billion or more. That would give investors binding decisions on how Canadian tax law will apply on a transaction before they commit capital, giving them more certainty.
Ottawa is well aware that a complaint investors have had about Canada is that there are too many holdups and lengthy approval processes that make closing a big deal uncertain. Champagne's announcement at an event hosted by the Milken Institute seems to be aimed squarely at removing one of those friction points, writes @jembradshaw.
đ Follow our reporters' live coverage of all-things related to the investment summit: https://t.co/mmJKa5J2fA
Pierre Poilievre's U.S. media tour was a major success.
On CNBC's Squawk Box, Poilievre made the Canadian case for tariff-free trade and elicited support from Joe Kernen, the show's most pro-Trump panellist, who said, "It doesn't make sense" to attack Canada.
On Fox Business Network, Poilievre elicited public support from Larry Kudlow, Trump's former Director of the National Economic Council, to drop tariffs on Canada.
Both programs are heavily watched by administration officials and American business leaders because the hosts are trusted individuals.
Pierre Poilievre was able to strategically elicit public endorsements of Canada's trade position from American TV hosts on some of the largest broadcasts in the country. Trump's trusted broadcasters just endorsed Canada's position.
Total Team Canada Victory.
If I want the real story on Canadaâs trade talks with Washington, you gotta rely on the Wall Street Journal. For insight into Canadian foreign policy, Canadians need to rely on South Koreaâs Daily or whatever the European consensus is today despite still prioritizing Washington.
None of this runs through Parliament, no questions allowed from journalists via prerecorded videos, none of it faces a vote or a committee, and none of it is explained to the people it affects. Not even their own MPs know what the heck is going on. No transparency, no accountability just decisions made elsewhere, filtering back to Canadians secondhand.
Thats a problem.
This is a good week to remember that a nation is the sum of its parts.
To fight for Canada, therefore, requires we fight for Canadians; the Windsor workers worried about losing auto jobs; the single moms paying a fortune for back-to-school supplies and lunches for kids; the young couple that still cannot afford a house or the families losing theirs to mortgage defaults; the 2.2 million people lined up food banks and all the others who work more and afford less and who are forgotten amid all the drama.
Every word we utter, every decision we make must protect their jobs, boost their wages and lower their living costs. Grand speeches, globe-trotting and grandstanding will not do that. Nor will small administrative tweaks wrapped in soaring rhetoric.
Letâs focus on what we control. Launch an Economic Action Plan that unblocks the 500 projects awaiting federal permits, cuts spending, red tape and taxes on work, energy, homebuilding, and investment and build up our leverage to fight for tariff-free trade.
The goal is an economy that makes more and costs less, with paycheques, not debt, so our people can fill their fridges and gas tanks without emptying their bank accounts; own homes and raise kids and retire in peace.
Letâs defend our sovereignty, our flag, our land, our water and, most important of all, our people.
If weâre cheerleading a good GDP report as a good economy: Buyer Beware.
Canada grew 0.8% in the spring after barely crawling all winter, while Julyâs first read already shows growth stalling.
The other scoreboard: carbon tax up, Trudeauâs anti-energy laws untouched, deficits ballooning, zero major projects built, the highest food inflation in the G7, and 10 years of declining living standards. For families and workers, the threat of an ongoing trade war means higher costs, lost productivity, job losses, and capital flight.
Bring forward a plan. Show Canadians transparency, accountability, and reconvene Parliament. đšđŠ
Is this for real?
The Prime Minister of Canada says this country is âat war,â then plans to fly to Strasbourg to address EU Parliamentarians while refusing to recall the Parliament of the country he claims is under attack where he represents the people who elected him.