Saskatchewan’s deficit isn’t just about economic headwinds

Andrea Long

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April 02, 2026

Saskatchewan’s $819-million stems from a long-anticipated challenge that governments have yet to fully address: the growing cost of medical care as baby boomers age.

Budgets, Budget Analyses, Saskatchewan

2026 Alberta Budget: A deficit driven by population aging, not just population growth

Andrea Long

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February 27, 2026

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...

Alberta, Budget Analyses, Budgets

Analysis of the 2026 BC Budget: We Can No Longer Ignore the Ageism at its Core

Andrea Long

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February 17, 2026

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...

Budgets, British Columbia, Budget Analyses

Recommendations for the 2026 BC Budget

Andrea Long

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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

Recommendations for the 2026 Federal Budget

Andrea Long

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January 06, 2026

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 Analyses, Budgets, Canada

Analysis of the 2025 Federal Budget: Who is being asked to sacrifice?

Andrea Long

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November 06, 2025

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...

Budgets, Canada, Budget Analyses

Recommendations for the Fall 2025 Federal Budget

Generation Squeeze

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August 15, 2025

Canada can reduce pressure on the federal operating budget and manage rising defence costs without raising taxes. Here's our plan.

Budget Analyses, Budgets, Canada

Analysis of the 2025 Ontario budget

Generation Squeeze

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May 20, 2025

Lack of age-based data allows Ontario budget to avoid acting on key fiscal challenges Ontario’s 2025 budget projects a $14.6 billion deficit. It’s striking that this shortfall is so close...Read More

Budget Analyses, Ontario, Budgets

Analysis of the 2025 BC Budget

Generation Squeeze

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March 05, 2025

Boomer Benefits, Budget Deficits: Why BC's Budget is in a Weak Position to Resist Trump Tariffs.

Budget Analyses, British Columbia, Budgets

Analysis of the 2025 Alberta Budget

Generation Squeeze

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February 28, 2025

Alberta's Budget is ageist

Budget Analyses, Budgets, Alberta

Recommendations for the 2025 Federal Budget

Generation Squeeze

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February 17, 2025

Canada can help people of all ages to thrive, while growing the resilience and economic security we need to withstand current threats, by following our evidence-based policy prescription That's what...Read More

Budget Analyses, Canada, Budgets

Recommendations for the 2025 Alberta Budget

Generation Squeeze

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February 04, 2025

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, Budgets, Budget Analyses

Recommendations for the 2025 BC Budget

Generation Squeeze

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February 04, 2025

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...

Budgets, Budget Analyses, British Columbia

Recommendations for the 2025 Ontario Budget

Generation Squeeze

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February 04, 2025

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...

Budget Analyses, Ontario, Budgets

Canada's 2024 Generational Fairness Report Card

Generation Squeeze

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September 26, 2024

How well is the Government of Canada delivering “Fairness for Every Generation”?

Budgets, Canada, Budget Analyses

Analysis of the 2024 Federal Budget

Generation Squeeze

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April 17, 2024

Is Budget 2024 the beginning of the end of intergenerational extraction?

Canada, Budget Analyses, Budgets

Analysis of the 2024 Ontario Budget

Generation Squeeze

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March 28, 2024

Ontario budget burdens younger residents: large deficit despite little spending to help affordability.

Ontario, Budgets, Budget Analyses

Analysis of the 2024 Alberta Budget

Paul Kershaw

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March 07, 2024

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.

Budgets, Budget Analyses, Alberta

Analysis of the 2024 BC Budget

Generation Squeeze

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February 22, 2024

BC makes historic promise to budget fairly for all generations, future budgets need monitoring framework to ensure the promise is kept.

British Columbia, Budgets, Budget Analyses

Recommendations for the 2024 Ontario Budget

Generation Squeeze

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January 02, 2024

In a nutshell, we want Ontario's next budget to: Put generational fairness at the centre of policy and budget decisions by creating a Generational Fairness Task Force. Organize housing policy...Read More

Ontario, Budgets, Budget Analyses

Recommendations for the 2024 BC Budget

Generation Squeeze

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January 02, 2024

In a nutshell, we want BC's next budget to: Put generational fairness at the centre of policy and budget decisions by creating a Generational Fairness Task Force. Organize housing policy...Read More

Budget Analyses, British Columbia, Budgets

Recommendations for the 2024 Alberta Budget

Generation Squeeze

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January 02, 2024

In a nutshell, we want Alberta's next budget to: Put generational fairness at the centre of policy and budget decisions by creating a Generational Fairness Task Force. Organize housing policy...Read More

Alberta, Budgets, Budget Analyses

Recommendations for the 2024 Federal Budget

Generation Squeeze

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September 06, 2023

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...

Canada, Budgets, Budget Analyses