Pushing governments to design their budgets to promote generational fairness is a big part of what we do. Each year, governments create budgets that set out priorities and assign money to them. If something’s not in the budget, it’s pretty unlikely to happen. Our budget push starts months before any actual budget is released, and it continues long afterwards, because budgets are a year-round process. Through it all, we share our recommendations and analyses so that you can decide if you support proposed priorities, and if they are supported by evidence.
Four themes regularly show up in our budget asks:
If you’ve seen our comprehensive policy solutions, you’ll probably recognize these themes. They’re among our top priorities to improve the health and wellbeing of all generations, from the early years onward. We’ve made progress, but we’ll keep working on them until we convince governments to make budgets that work for all generations!
Ottawa prioritizes $17 billion for retirees with six-figure incomes over transformative affordability measures
To build a Canada in which people of all ages can thrive, and to meet respond to the generational challenge set out in Prime Minister Carney’s Mandate Letter, Generation Squeeze...
Budget 2025 sidesteps a hard truth: neither the Prime Minister who tabled it, nor the Opposition Leader who critiques it, has found the courage to ask financially secure retirees to...
Canada can reduce pressure on the federal operating budget and manage rising defence costs without raising taxes. Here's our plan.
How well is the Government of Canada delivering “Fairness for Every Generation”?
Together we put 'Fairness for Every Generation' at the centre of Budget 2024. Never before has Canada formally acknowledged that hard work isn’t paying off for younger people the way...
Budget 2024 is an opportunity to continue to improve the health and wellbeing of all generations, from the early years onwards. Generation Squeeze recommends four priority actions to address the...
The BC government says its 2026 budget safeguards essential services. But a closer look at the numbers reveals a troubling pattern: the province is working far harder to protect spending...
BC's 2026 Budget is coming in February. As always, we’ll be diving into the numbers to deliver generational analysis of spending and revenue decisions. For the province to make the...
Boomer Benefits, Budget Deficits: Why BC's Budget is in a Weak Position to Resist Trump Tariffs.
Join us in calling on the BC government to make the wellbeing of all ages a priority in the 2025 Budget. Our budget number-crunching will make sure you have all...
BC makes historic promise to budget fairly for all generations, future budgets need monitoring framework to ensure the promise is kept.
A familiar story is taking hold across Canada. Provinces point to global uncertainty, trade tensions, and economic headwinds to explain rising deficits. These challenges are real, but the fine print...
Join us in calling on the Ontario government to make the wellbeing of all ages a priority in the 2025 Budget. Our budget number-crunching will make sure you have all...
Ontario budget burdens younger residents: large deficit despite little spending to help affordability.
Premier Danielle Smith largely attributes Alberta's record $9-billion deficit to population growth. She's right to focus on demographics, but by concentrating on a population headcount rather than population aging, she...
Join us in calling on the Alberta government to make the wellbeing of all ages a priority in the 2025 Budget. Our budget number-crunching will make sure you have all...
Alberta’s 2024 budget ramps up funding for a medical care system that already spent more per person than in B.C. and Ontario, while achieving poorer health outcomes.
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