Chris Ragan on the Parliamentary Budget Office and Canada’s Financial State | CBC

Published: 5 January 2026

January 5, 2026 | Chris Ragan recently spoke to CBC about comments made by Parliamentary Budget Officer Jason Jacques. Following Jacques’ controversial remarks on the "shocking" state of Canada’s...

A Solid, Unspectacular Budget – With a Few Red Flags

5 Nov 2025

Budget 2025 has a very different tone from most of the Trudeau government’s budgets. There is much less talk of middle-class Canadians and their plight, far less emphasis on the need to implement...

Nickson Mugabi on Lessons for Uganda's Fiscal Model | Policy Magazine

Published: 9 April 2025

March 31, 2025 | MPP '25 Nickson Mugabi’s wrote that while Uganda has made efforts to improve fiscal transparency, weak institutions and lack of accountability continue to undermine public trust....

Transparency in the World Cup: Canada Should Lead by Example | Policy Magazine

Published: 9 February 2023

February 7, 2023| Following Kevin Page's Complexity Seminar, Aftab Ahmed reflected on the country's reputation for shaping and adhering to international norms being on the line when Canada co-hosts...

Long-Range Challenges in Canada's Economy | The News Forum

Published: 14 February 2023

February 13, 2023 | Director Christopher Ragan spoke to Tony Clement on his show Boom and Bust to highlight the challenges Canada is facing as the budget season is approaching. He touched upon the...

Fiscal Prudence Means Making Difficult Decisions – Is the Federal Government Up to the Task?

1 Feb 2023

Chris Ragan's suggestion for federal finance minister Chrystia Freeland is simple: Budget 2023 should contain a full chapter devoted to some of the fiscal challenges in our future, and why these...

Former Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page gives his take on the 2022 budget | Global News, CBC, iPolitics

Published: 8 April 2022

April 8, 2022 | Across interviews with Global News Morning Toronto, CBC News, and iPolitics, professor Kevin Page gave his expertise on the recently unveiled Canadian federal budget for 2022-2023....

How a break at the pumps is a reverse carbon tax — and could make climate change worse | CBC

Published: 7 April 2022

April 7, 2022 | As Canadians wait to hear Ottawa's spending plans in today's budget, there are conflicting views worldwide over whether countries should be producing more oil and gas to help Europe...

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