Prime Minister Mark Carney makes a live address on Canada’s plan to build a stronger economy in advance of the 2025 budget, at the University of Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Commentary
As has been widely publicized, including by me, the whole country is awaiting the narrowly re-elected Liberal government’s long-delayed budget on Nov. 4. The reason for this is not that unusual numbers of Canadians are fascinated by the minutiae of fiscal matters. It is because all public-minded Canadians and all those outside Canada who have any serious interest in this country need to know whether the new prime minister brings to office with him those policy goals and enthusiasms that most marked his previous career.
