Catherine McKenney

Apr 16, 2024 | monitormag.ca | Jon Milton |Randy Robinson |Claude Vaillancourt |Catherine McKenney

The federal government’s 2024 budget includes generational investments on housing affordability and runs a victory lap on health care expansion, but it is quiet on key issues such as climate. This year’s federal budget sends strong signals that the governing party is gearing up for a fight in the coming year and is trying to change Canadians’ perceptions of its legacy—especially on hot button issues such as housing and affordability.

Apr 11, 2024 | monitormag.ca | Randy Robinson |Stuart Trew |Claude Vaillancourt |Catherine McKenney

Financial Accountability Office paper is essential reading for every Ontarian When it comes to paying for the services people depend on, Ontario is utterly out of step with the rest of the country. That’s an obvious conclusion to draw from the latest report by the Financial Accountability Office (FAO), released April 10. At 15 pages, the FAO’s 2022-23 Interprovincial Budget Comparison is a quick read.

Apr 10, 2024 | monitormag.ca | Stuart Trew |Claude Vaillancourt |Catherine McKenney |Neil Saravanamuttoo

Gabriel Attal and Justin Trudeau will have much to talk about during the French prime minister’s trip to Ottawa this week. Though their agenda covers a number of issues, the French Senate's awkward rejection of CETA—the Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement—on March 21 will be prominent. These two great defenders of the agreement will no doubt ask themselves what it all means, and how CETA’s survival might be salvaged. Should we care about the French vote?

Apr 2, 2024 | monitormag.ca | Jon Milton |Catherine McKenney |Neil Saravanamuttoo |Craig Pickthorne

When I was living in Edmonton, I managed to snag one of the (relatively) rare apartments in that city where you could walk to the grocery store within a few minutes. It wasn’t a particularly pleasant walk—it meant trudging through an enormous, desolate parking lot after crossing a high-speed, six-lane collector road. I was, generally, one of only a small handful of pedestrians—in the city’s densest neighborhood, only a few blocks from downtown.

Apr 2, 2024 | monitormag.ca | Jon Milton |Catherine McKenney |Neil Saravanamuttoo |Craig Pickthorne

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