The 2023 federal budget is out, but does it show the fiscal restraint the Liberals say it does? And how does it help Canadians deal with inflation and affordability?  Rosemary Barton hosts Chantal Hébert, Andrew Coyne and Althia Raj for special budget day At Issue.

Does the 2023 Federal Budget show fiscal restraint?

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The House may have adjourned for summer, but the politics are heating up. In this final At Issue of the season, the panel breaks down what’s ahead for the federal parties, including a high-stakes Toronto by-election. Plus, the on-going calls to release the names of MPs implicated in the foreign interference report.. Rosemary Barton hosts Chantal Hébert, Andrew Coyne and Althia Raj.

House rises, summer campaigning begins

At Issue this week: NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says he’s more alarmed than ever after reading an unredacted report on foreign interference, but Elizabeth May says she’s relieved. Pierre Poilievre is forced to voice his position on the capital gains tax changes. Plus, a byelection showdown in Toronto. Rosemary Barton hosts Chantal Hébert, Andrew Coyne and Althia Raj.

Foreign interference: to be alarmed, or not to be alarmed?

At Issue this week: A cross-party parliamentary committee looking into foreign interference says it has top-secret intelligence suggesting MPs have knowingly helped foreign state actors. A Conservative MP comes under fire for going against his party's platform on social issues. And could the Bank of Canada’s interest rate cut help the Liberals?  Rosemary Barton hosts Chantal Hébert, Andrew Coyne and Althia Raj. 


Parliamentarians working with foreign state actors

At Issue this week: The Parliamentary Budget Office admits it made an ‘inadvertent error’ calculating the economic impact of the carbon tax and the Liberals want the record corrected. Greg Fergus survives the latest attempt by the Conservatives to oust him as Speaker. Rosemary Barton hosts Chantal Hébert, Andrew Coyne and Althia Raj.

Will correcting the carbon tax error solve anything?

At Issue this week: Does a recent string of insults and attacks in the House of Commons signal that an ugly election campaign is coming? The Parti Québécois pitches independence to anglophone voters. Plus, another would-be Conservative nominee alleges the party meddled in the process.  Rosemary Barton hosts Chantal Hébert, Andrew Coyne and Althia Raj.

Does the 2023 Federal Budget show fiscal restraint?

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