Canada’s economy has shown resilience in 2025—but confidence is fragile. @ifsd.ca President and CEO Kevin Page and Executive VP @sahirkhan.bsky.social unpack what the Fiscal Update said about growth, deficits, and why transparency and delivery will matter as Canada moves from plans to results.

Less than half an hour until #Budget2025 is tabled. While you wait, check out IFSD's VP Sahir Khan speaking to CP24 about the high stakes and challenges facing the government today. And come back after the Budget is released for more on what today's budget means for you and 🇨🇦's economy.

Before 2008, MPs and the public were severely limited in access to public finance info. Then the Parliamentary Budget Office was created. Kevin Page's founding PBO team talk building the Office, Annette Ryan's nomination, and why its needed now. 🎧Full podcast: ifsd-thepoliticsofmoney.transistor.fm

Canada isn’t unique in facing tensions between central governments and provinces or states. But Stéphane Dion reflects on what does set 🇨🇦 apart: strong decentralization and the risk of “𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.”

The whole @ifsd.ca team is looking forward to seeing our President & CEO Kevin Page be recognized with the 2026 🌟 Award of Distinction from the Ontario Economics Association (OEA) and the Canadian Association for Business Economics (CABE), on May 12 2026.

💬 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 🇨🇦? Former Liberal leader Stéphane Dion spoke to Kevin Page on IFSD's 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮 podcast about Canada's national unity. As Alberta votes this fall on whether they'll have a vote on separation, his points remain timely.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀—𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 👉 But this isn't about 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹𝘀. 👉 What counts is if 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 —and 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲. Budget 2026 will tell us.

𝐖𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. Watch Kevin Page and @sahirkhan.bsky.social talk about how 🇨🇦's fiscal choices are becoming harder as Canada approaches a tipping point on defence spending.

Congratulations to Annette Ryan on her appointment as Canada's new Parliamentary Budget Officer. Last month, former PBO Kevin Page and former Asst PBOs @sahirkhan.bsky.social and Mostafa Askari spoke about the challenges facing Ms. Ryan as she takes up the position at such a pivotal moment.

“Europeans and Canadians have always loved each other. But we never felt that we needed each other.” That has changed. As we see with PM Carney back Europe. The latest Politics of Money podcast has Stéphane Dion with Kevin Page, talking external sovereignty pressures and internal unity threats.

US to cut troops in Europe to lowest level since before Ukraine invasion Pentagon plans to reduce deployment from four brigades to three www.google.com/search?q=US+... #MITU #TheBlueAvianGoddess #BlueAvianGoddess #AllahuAkbar #HumanPotential #Art #Heart #Art #Love #IAM

USA Sports announcer Kate Scott highlights a new free-throw graphic on the network's WNBA scorebug, which features two tiny balls that get filled in when a player makes a shot, similar to a Three-Point Contest 🏀 📺

The fight against cancer takes many forms — research, clinical care, education, and advocacy. Across every field, the women of the GW Cancer Center are making a lasting difference. #WomensHistoryMonth #GWCancerCenter

What is “Sexy Church”? Watch full episode on YouTube! #JamalBryantPodcast #Podcast #JamalBryant #JustinLester #TechPastor #Tech #AI #Pastor #Author #Educator #Strategist #Jesus #God #Faith #Technology #Teaching #Learning #Church #Robots #BlackChurch #Digital #California #FriendshipMissionary

A few weeks back, we got our lowest numbered card ever at a /5. This week, we matched it in a #MLS Chrome hangar box! Check out the full video on YouTube! youtu.be/KPlYzxtsT-o #MLS #NYCFC #PackOpening

Are you prepared for life’s financial curveballs? From rising prices to surprise bills, an emergency fund can be your safety net. Natalie Grant will show you a few tips to build an emergency fund Monday on GMNW.

His Sycophants will follow their anointed one to the promised land and the sooner the better,,,

the inevitability

Tomorrow is the the very first Arts District Day in downtown Edmonton! Stop by the Citadel Theatre, Winspear Centre & Art Gallery of Alberta from 11-4 to check out free family-friendly theatre, live music, face painting, art exhibits & more. Hope to see you there! #abpoli #yegarts #yegdt

⚡🇷🇺 Ukraine Russia War | FPV Drone Strikes on Ukrainian BTR-4E | RCF NSFW & Premium Content: https://patreon.com/RealCombatFootage Odysee: https://odysee.com/@RCF #RealCombatFootage #RCF #War #Military #WorldNews #BreakingNews #UkraineRussiaWar

Mainers don't do kings. Never have. No Kings Day across Maine's 2nd district was something else. This energy isn't going anywhere. See you in November. #mepolitics

Here's the progress I made this week on my Colony Sim + RPG game! ⚒️🤖⚔️ Been exploring the UI materials and design lately! I want the UI to resemble carved stone, but it still needs some refinement! I'll get there! #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our latest collection! We now have a wide variety of pages featuring original art from Raymar Brunson. Available on our website 10:00 am Central Time. Also subscribe to our newsletter so you don’t miss the drop announcement! All our links are in the bio🔗

I hope he makes appearances at PBS stations all across the country‼️ That would be epic‼️ #SwingStates

#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity #stories #shorts #tales #life #control #cameras #Security #Alicante #Benijofar #surveillance #microsoft #intel #laptops #georgeorwell #criminals #windows #internet Writing into a criminal cancer!

Invincible "why do you keep doing that" Invincible s4e4 green screen

All across Scotland, people are feeling the pain of Trump’s illegal war with Iran. The Chancellor cannot just stand back and let Trump's illegal action bring Scotland's economy to a standstill. We need action- that's what the Liberal Democrats are focused on.

We will be stuck in a warm and breezy rut for a few days with changes for our weekend. Here is a quick update from the Valley Storm Team Weather Center.

Time for new headshots after five years #engineer #professor #author #speaker #NoireSTEMinist

Still haven't played the Mysterious Update for Isles of Sea and Sky yet? Buy it now for 7.99! (60% off) during the Metroidvania Fusion Festival on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/1233070/... store.steampowered.com/developer/hu... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

Independent professional wrestler Thomas Heim recalls watching WrestleMania 25 growing up! Wanna watch the full interview? Click on the link here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=6lH1...

Wisconsin health officials are warning about mpox in the state. https://tinyurl.com/zx4j333c 

Tricia McLaughlin breaks down how AI is rapidly transforming political campaigns and why it could threaten the future of modern strategy.

The latest Manitoba PNP draw issued 906 invitations to skilled workers and international graduates aligned with the province’s labour market priorities. zurl.co/YTQ2v #canadaimmigrationnews #pnpdraw #manitoba #skilledworkers #workincanada

He Gave Up EVERYTHING for This Moment #wwe #batista #shorts ⚡️ Witness a compelling conversation about a "wrestler's" past "career" choices and the potential for a comeback in the "wwe". This video captures the dialogue surrounding significant "decisions"

My Republican colleagues called a hearing on threats to the Supreme Court’s legitimacy, so I decided to read just a few examples of the $2.4 million in gifts Justice Clarence Thomas has accepted from his ultra wealthy allies:

🔍 KOSA: Protecting our children or threatening online freedom? Discover our insights on the controversial internet safety bill that's causing a stir in the U.S. Tune in to our latest discussion! Links to watch and listen to this episode in 🧵below! #podcast #privacy #kosa

Back in the chair at Q-T-Pie Salon. It’s National Teacher’s Appreciation Week. We show our appreciation by promising investment in who they are and the students they dedicate their lives to. Dismantling the Department of Ed is not the answer. I stand with our educators! 🏀⛹🏾‍♂️ @barackobama.bsky.social

GUESS WHO’s BACK? JOSH’s first night back and it’s gonna be a LIT one with double Episode Premier Of Ru Paul’s Drag Race All Stars hosted by DAISY D and VJ MARKY MARK on the turntables …and co-hosting Karaoke after with a $100 Cash Prize to the audience favorite! START YOUR ENGINES! #getlitwithus

Farmers and food businesses are losing money on Brexit red tape just to trade with our nearest neighbours. Dynamic alignment with EU food standards can't come soon enough. 📺 BBC Politics South West, 24 May 2026. #Somerset #Devon #Brexit #Trade #EU

On April 7, Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez was ambushed by ICE agents while sitting in his car. ICE shot him 7 times. Somehow Carlos survived that shooting. His fiancée "Cindy" sits down with the Save America Movement to talk about how this shooting shattered their lives.

The SAVE Act could block millions of Americans from registering to vote by requiring documents many people don’t have. Voter fraud is already extremely rare, but the burden would fall hardest on rural residents, seniors, working families, & married women whose names have changed.

Xbox App on PC has a new XBOX start up

#jabroni_mike

U.S. Enforcing Naval Blockade Of Iran, As Israeli Airstrikes Pummel Lebanon www.keneci.com/World-confli...

Here are my top 10 dog and kid interactions!

Bonus Day. 🕊️ Parents, take a deep breath and hand your kids over to God today. He sees them, He loves them, and He is protecting them even when you can't be there. Type "MY FAMILY IS COVERED" to agree in faith! 👇

I missed Tik Tok definitely cause I get back on and found a new idol 🤣🤣 “Where the keys at muthafucka???”

🤝 Wenn es nicht nur um Geld, sondern vor allem auch um Emotionen geht, dann kommt der Güterichter ins Spiel. Er agiert als Mediator zwischen den Parteien und versucht eine gütliche Einigung zu erzielen. So geht am Ende jeder mit einem guten Gefühl nach Hause.

A Enid un tornado ha colpito la Vance Air Force Base e l’area sud-est il 23 aprile. Danni gravi a est, 10 feriti e nessuna vittima. Scuole chiuse e rifugi attivati. Emergenza dichiarata dal governatore Kevin Stitt.

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Russia struck Kyiv with Shahed drones in the afternoon of April 28, sending smoke rising over the city. The attack began around 2 p.m. and lasted nearly an hour. Video: The Kyiv Independent.

“We are witnessing the descent into fascism” 😕🇺🇸 www.instagram.com/reel/DZBdZU6...

Aucune avance n'est sûre contre les Golden Knights... De 2-0 à 3-2 😳😳😳 📺 TVASports, Sportsnet, ABC

Iran trolling Donald 😆

We speak to Cuban American historian Ada Ferrer about the effects of U.S. and Cuban economic policy on the Cuban people. "The situation there is dire. It has been for quite some time, and it's gotten worse and worse over the last five months."

🔴 Más de 500 efectivos trabajan en el incendio declarado en Murcia que ya ha calcinado más de 177 hectáreas ▪️ El fuego está perimetrado y la ministra Sara Aagesen ha anunciado que esperan que se pueda dar por estabilizado en las próximas horas 🎙️ Celia Navarro | @rtvemurcia.bsky.social

Lisboa – O jornalista Thomas Friedman, colunista de assuntos internacionais do New York Times, defendeu nesta manhã (02/06) que as duas maiores potências econômicas mundiais, Estados Unidos e China, abram o diálogo e criem um protocolo para a Inteligência Artificial (IA). 🎥: Ana Maria Campos/CB

Fighting for Humanity #charliegtv #charliegtvai #detroit #sora2

Two girls stabbed. Horrific. But one beach doesn't make a failed state. Restore Britain wants you scared. Not informed. Don't let the panic merchants rewrite reality. 🎯