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Recommendations for the 2026 BC Budget

Andrea Long

January 23, 2026

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...

Budgets, British Columbia, Budget Analyses

Globe & Mail: How to ensure universal health care stays that way

Paul Kershaw

Jan 06, 2026

Protecting universal access to healthcare in Canada will require a revenue discussion. Since younger generations already pay 20 to 40% more income taxes toward older people’s well-being than boomers did...

Health & Wellbeing, Budgets, Globe & Mail

Why Your Rent, Child Care Fees, and Taxes Are Rising: The Medical-Care Crunch

Generation Squeeze

Dec 08, 2025

It’s no secret, GenZ and Millennial Canadians are finding it harder and harder to afford the basics: rent, child care fees and tuition. In this episode of the Hard Truths...

Health & Wellbeing, Budgets, Podcast

Pollution Pricing Progress Still Leaves the Biggest Bills to Our Kids

Andrea Long

Dec 03, 2025

Both the Ottawa’s budget and the newly signed Canada–Alberta MOU reaffirm the commitment to strengthen industrial pollution pricing – meaningful progress that should be acknowledged. Yet the deal between Ottawa...

Climate, Budgets

The Bank of Canada Can Use Its Mandate Review to Shape Home Prices and Affordability

Kareem Kudus

December 03, 2025

During a housing affordability crisis, all available policy tools should be aimed a lowering costs for Canadians. Along with other financial and housing leaders, we're asking the Bank of Canada...

Housing

The Doctor Shortage “Myth”

Andrea Long

December 02, 2025

A new report from the Generation Squeeze Lab at UBC challenges one of Canada’s most common health-care narratives: that long wait times are the result of a “doctor shortage.”

Budgets, Health & Wellbeing

Globe & Mail: The politics of Old Age Security reform are shifting

Paul Kershaw

November 28, 2025

Something important shifted this federal budget season. For years, Generation Squeeze was a lone voice warning that Old Age Security absorbs more tax dollars than any other line in Ottawa’s...

Retirement, Budgets, Globe & Mail

Financial Facelift: Fixing Old Age Security

Jennifer Fox

November 27, 2025

Many citizens believe that Canada's Old Age Security benefits act as a safety net, lifting struggling retirees out of poverty. But in this episode of the Hard Truths pod, Generation...Read More

Podcast, Retirement

Boomer Medical Costs Flip Provincial Budgets from Surplus to Deficit

Andrea Long

November 26, 2025

Medical care is the largest expense in every provincial budget. As boomers age and live longer, costs have risen sharply - without matching updates to revenue. Despite this, the fiscal...

Budgets, Health & Wellbeing

Medical Budgets in an Aging Canada

Generation Squeeze

November 26, 2025

New report shows why protecting universal access now requires generationally fair revenue reform.

Health & Wellbeing, Budgets

Did Budget 2025 deliver 'historic' housing investment?

Andrea Long

November 12, 2025

Budget 2025 promises historic action on housing. But buried in the fine print is a surprise: Presently, Ottawa plans to shrink capital investments for housing in the coming years.

Budgets, Canada, Housing

GenSqueeze joins CBC’s Day 6 to talk structural ageism in Canada’s budget

Generation Squeeze

November 12, 2025

The Generation Squeeze analysis of Canada’s Budget 2025 is getting a lot of media attention! That’s because we’re pointing out a hard truth: The fiscal imbalance in budget 2025 began...Read More

Podcast, Budgets, Canada

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Recommendations for the 2026 BC Budget

Andrea Long

January 23, 2026

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...

Budgets, British Columbia, Budget Analyses

Globe & Mail: How to ensure universal health care stays that way

Paul Kershaw

January 06, 2026

Health & Wellbeing, Budgets, Globe & Mail

Why Your Rent, Child Care Fees, and Taxes Are Rising: The Medical-Care Crunch

Generation Squeeze

December 08, 2025

It’s no secret, GenZ and Millennial Canadians are finding it harder and harder to afford the basics: rent, child care fees and tuition. In this episode of the Hard Truths...Read More

Health & Wellbeing, Budgets, Podcast

Pollution Pricing Progress Still Leaves the Biggest Bills to Our Kids

Andrea Long

December 03, 2025

Climate, Budgets

The Bank of Canada Can Use Its Mandate Review to Shape Home Prices and Affordability

Kareem Kudus

December 03, 2025

During a housing affordability crisis, all available policy tools should be aimed a lowering costs for Canadians. Along with other financial and housing leaders, we're asking the Bank of Canada...

Housing

The Doctor Shortage “Myth”

Andrea Long

December 02, 2025

A new report from the Generation Squeeze Lab at UBC challenges one of Canada’s most common health-care narratives: that long wait times are the result of a “doctor shortage.”

Budgets, Health & Wellbeing

Globe & Mail: The politics of Old Age Security reform are shifting

Paul Kershaw

November 28, 2025

Something important shifted this federal budget season. For years, Generation Squeeze was a lone voice warning that Old Age Security absorbs more tax dollars than any other line in Ottawa’s...

Retirement, Budgets, Globe & Mail

Financial Facelift: Fixing Old Age Security

Jennifer Fox

November 27, 2025

Many citizens believe that Canada's Old Age Security benefits act as a safety net, lifting struggling retirees out of poverty. But in this episode of the Hard Truths pod, Generation...Read More

Podcast, Retirement

Boomer Medical Costs Flip Provincial Budgets from Surplus to Deficit

Andrea Long

November 26, 2025

Medical care is the largest expense in every provincial budget. As boomers age and live longer, costs have risen sharply - without matching updates to revenue. Despite this, the fiscal...

Budgets, Health & Wellbeing

Medical Budgets in an Aging Canada

Generation Squeeze

November 26, 2025

New report shows why protecting universal access now requires generationally fair revenue reform.

Health & Wellbeing, Budgets

Did Budget 2025 deliver 'historic' housing investment?

Andrea Long

November 12, 2025

Budget 2025 promises historic action on housing. But buried in the fine print is a surprise: Presently, Ottawa plans to shrink capital investments for housing in the coming years.

Budgets, Canada, Housing

GenSqueeze joins CBC’s Day 6 to talk structural ageism in Canada’s budget

Generation Squeeze

November 12, 2025

Podcast, Budgets, Canada

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