It’s an open question as to whether the prime minister will treat the Senate as a strategic asset or leave the institution under-utilized in a national moment when it is most needed to rebuild national cohesion.
The real change is architectural. It’s less about trimming fat than resetting the bones of fiscal management, turning Budget 2025 from a spending list into a structural blueprint.
Federal leadership can’t fix everything. Health care and education are provincial. But Ottawa can lead by example and partner with provinces that want to move first. The fix isn’t glossy strategies or more regional programs. It’s about value.
The old playbook of trimming travel budgets and giving departments arbitrary cut targets won’t cut it.
Why are billions in public funding flowing offshore instead of helping to develop Canadian industries and foster intellectual property ownership?
If Canada can’t turn its economy around—can’t match the AI-driven global economy with productivity and economic growth—it won’t just lose its seat at the table, it will be relegated to the shelf in the backroom, next to the old Nortel telephones and Blackberries.