Budget 2025 is more of the same

The budget has positive measures, but it fails to provide a credible plan for the future. What is the Carney government’s vision for the future?

Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne prepare to present the 2025 budget in the House of Commons on Nov. 4. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

November 17, 2025

TORONTO—The Carney government promised transformation and generational change—a bold plan for a new and better future. But, as post-budget polling shows, the message is not registering.

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