Webinar: Navigating Budget 2025

Means and Ways hosts a webinar, “Navigating Budget 2025: What Mark Carney’s first fiscal plan means for the economy, business and Canadians.” Lucy van Oldenbarneveld will moderate the panel featuring Compass Rose Managing Director Marci Surkes; Evergreen CEO Jennifer Angel; and Kevin Page, president and CEO of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy, and … Read more

PBO to post report on individuals adversely affected by the middle-class tax

Interim Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Jason Jacques will post a new report entitled “Individuals adversely affected by the Middle-Class Tax” to provide an analysis of tax filers that are adversely affected by the reduction in the personal income tax rate from 15 per cent to 14 per cent. The report will be posted on the PBO website. Contact sloane.mask@parl.gc.ca

Health Policy Playbook: Post-Budget Strategy for 2026 and Beyond

Santis Health will host a webinar, “The Health Policy Playbook: Post-Budget Strategy for 2026 and Beyond,” to examine what the 2026 federal budget could mean for the future of Canada’s health system. The session will explore new funding commitments, emerging policy priorities, and the path to renewing bilateral health agreements in 2026–27. Panellists Jill Pilgrim … Read more

Webinar: Navigating Ottawa After the Budget

The Hill Times hosts an exclusive subscriber-only webinar, “Navigating Ottawa After the Budget.” Executive editor Peter Mazereeuw hosts former parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux, former British Columbia premier Christy Clark, and former Conservative trade minister Ed Fast in a discussion about Budget 2025. Details online.

Deficits, Debt and Defence: The Outlook for Budget 2025

Former parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux will take part in a webinar, “Deficits, Debt and Defence: The Outlook for Budget 2025,” hosted by the Toronto Association for Business and Economics. Register online.

Webinar: Unpacking the Upcoming Budget

The Ottawa Economics Association hosts a webinar, “Unpacking the Upcoming 2025 Federal Budget,” featuring Canada’s first parliamentary budget officer, Kevin Page and Canadian Federation of Independent Business Chief Economist Simon Gaudreault. Details are available online.

Bank of Canada interest rate announcement

Following the Bank of Canada’s 9:45 a.m. announcement on the overnight rate, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem and Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers will hold a press conference in the Bank of Canada’s auditorium, 30 Bank St. Details are available online.

PBO to post report on defence policy spending

Interim Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Jason Jacques will post a new report entitled “Planned Capital Spending under Canada’s Defence Policy: 2025 Update ” on the PBO website. Contact sloane.mask@parl.gc.ca

Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk to speak on new space station studies

The Canadian Space Agency will host a virtual briefing to present four new Canadian scientific studies aboard the International Space Station (ISS), featuring astronaut Joshua Kutryk, senior exploration scientist Valérie Gil, and the principal investigators behind the projects. Kutryk, who will be the next Canadian to visit the ISS, will highlight how these studies benefit … Read more