While National Newswatch does not keep an archive of external articles for longer than 6 months, we do keep all articles written by contributors who post directly to our site. Here you will find all of the contributed and linked external articles from Robert Asselin.
Just last year, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unveiled a series of fiscal anchors – measures intended to project an image of fiscal responsibility. Yet, as Ms. Freeland admitted on Tuesday, those fiscal anchors have been essentially cast aside in light of the upcoming fall economic statement. This is the most worrying signal yet on how the government will miss its...
After a challenging 2023, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland head into the new year facing significant pressure to test further the reach of the federal government’s balance sheet. Just to stay in power, the federal government will likely need to launch a multi-billion pharmacare plan to fulfill a promise that it made to the New Democratic...