/maxbellschool/taxonomy/term/4004/all en /maxbellschool/channels/news/former-parliamentary-budget-officer-kevin-page-gives-his-take-2022-budget-global-news-cbc-ipolitics-339006 <p>April 8, 2022 | Across interviews with Global News Morning Toronto, CBC News, and iPolitics, professor <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/kevin-page">Kevin Page</a> gave his expertise on the recently unveiled Canadian federal budget for 2022-2023.</p> <p>"It's really not a lot of spending relative to past budgets. Actually, it's a pretty slim budget for the size of our economy," said Kevin Page, president and CEO of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy at the University of Ottawa. "It's just not a big-spending budget."</p> Fri, 08 Apr 2022 20:52:24 +0000 victoria.weston@mcgill.ca 2815 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/how-break-pumps-reverse-carbon-tax-and-could-make-climate-change-worse-cbc-338972 <p>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 — or saving the world from climate change and leaving fossil fuels in the ground. Director Chris Ragan comments in this article from CBC News that believes governments have to be risk-takers by helping to stimulate investment in new climate friendly technology.</p> <p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/taxes-oil-column-don-pittis-1.6409117">Read the article in full here.</a></p> Thu, 07 Apr 2022 19:26:47 +0000 victoria.weston@mcgill.ca 2814 at /maxbellschool