Our Asks for the 2026 Federal Budget

Generation Squeeze

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May 14, 2026

Budget 2026 is the time for Ottawa to trim the $17.5 billion in subsidies that go to seniors with six-figure incomes, and build a new and improved National Housing Strategy....

Budgets, Canada, Retirement, Budget Analyses, Housing

Ottawa's Spring Economic Statement: Another missed opportunity?

Paul Kershaw

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April 29, 2026

Ottawa prioritizes $17 billion for retirees with six-figure incomes over transformative affordability measures

Budgets, Canada, Budget Analyses

Federal Election 2025

Canadians don’t want to be duped by Trump-style politics. We’ve created our brand-new Dupe-O-Meter to make it easy for voters to judge whether parties are delivering PLATFORMS not PRESS RELEASES...

Canada, Voter Guides, Elections

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

Did Budget 2025 deliver 'historic' housing investment?

Andrea Long

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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

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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

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

Budget 2025: Who is being asked to sacrifice

Generation Squeeze

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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...Read More

Budgets, Podcast, Canada

Globe & Mail: A much-needed facelift for the upcoming federal budget

Paul Kershaw

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November 03, 2025

In an era of large deficits and rising interest costs, our politicians need clearer priorities for how they spend scarce public dollars. Canada’s most expensive program, Old Age Security, has...

Budgets, Canada, Globe & Mail

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

Carney’s housing ambition doesn’t include a goal for home prices

Generation Squeeze

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June 12, 2025

Ottawa recently released what it describes as the “most ambitious” housing plan in over 75 years. In many ways, it delivers. But for all its ambition on building homes, the...

Housing, Canada

2025 Federal Election: Substance Not Slogans

Generation Squeeze

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April 24, 2025

Emma Buchanan of Visual Change Video sits down with Gen Squeeze Founder Paul Kershaw to discuss Elxn 45. We dive into: The magical thinking behind party promises to cut taxes...Read More

Podcast, Elections, Canada, Budgets

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

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

Ottawa's generational fairness budget

Generation Squeeze

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April 17, 2024

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...

Budgets, Canada, Budget Analyses, Campaign Wins

"We have an ageist federal government"

Generation Squeeze

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September 11, 2023

Gen Squeeze supporter Mary Peirson (MD, CCFP) recently wrote to us, “We have an ageist federal government – one that favours older Canadians and retirees in particular.” Here's one brave...

Retirement, Canada, Budgets

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