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Federal budget caught between third wave and post-COVID plans
Budget 2021: The Big Spending Plan
Who's really got Ottawa's ear?
Consumers expected to lead the recovery initially
Canada's Debt Narrative, form Financial Crisis to Pandemic
Fiscal Policy: Relief, Recovery and Reset
Global News: Most recent Canadian economic data with David Akin and Motafa Askari
Canada's $100B question: Can you go too big?
Power Politics: Upcoming federal budget
The budget must show how fiscal policy will support recovery and the transformation of our economy
'Everything in this budget will be driven by COVID': former public servants, Liberal insiders lay out expectations for the pandemic budget
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March 3, 2021
RT @policy_mag: For our new issue of Policy on the budget, Kevin Page of @IFSD_IFPD and @uottawa's Donya Ashnaei & Elo Mamoh with "Canada's…
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March 3, 2021
RT @policy_mag: In our latest budgetary issue, Kevin Page of @IFSD_IFPD, and Donya Ashnaei & Elo Mamoh look at "Fiscal Policy: Relief, Reco…
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March 3, 2021
IFSD Chief Economist @mostafaaskari discussing the most recent Canadian economic data with @davidakin on… https://t.co/nLeuuRGLoA
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March 3, 2021
Politico's Corridors asked "how the government should decide what kind of stimulus spending Canada really needs". I… https://t.co/bcZGPwbqVp
Research
OUR LATEST ANALYSIS
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Apr 21, 2021, 12:00 AM
Assessing the efficacy of instruments for the delivery of rural broadband.
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Jul 31, 2020, 12:00 AMFunding First Nations child and family services (FNCFS): A performance budget approach to well-being
Funding First Nations child and family services (FNCFS): A performance budget approach to well-being
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May 1, 2020, 12:00 AM
Emergency funding for COVID-19: Responses and support to Indigenous Peoples
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Sep 3, 2019, 12:00 AM
Assessing the sustainability of the Federal Government's Public Service Pension Fund
(September 2019; No. 19002)