IFSD finds that the NDP Platform 2025 merits an overall rating of PASS with ratings of PASS across the three assessment principles (realistic economic and fiscal assumptions, responsible fiscal management, and transparency). Summary The Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy (IFSD) assesses the fiscal credibility of election platforms of the major parties according to three

IFSD finds that the Liberal Party Platform 2025 merits an overall rating of GOOD with ratings of GOOD across the three assessment principles (realistic economic and fiscal assumptions, responsible fiscal management, and transparency). Summary The Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy (IFSD) assesses the fiscal credibility of election platforms of the major parties according to

Ahead of the 2019 election, IFSD developed principles and scoring criteria to assess the fiscal credibility of political platforms.  IFSD assessed all major party plaforms in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections and will continue this work in 2025.

Download full summary here. Connectivity infrastructure, such as mobile and broadband connectivity, is critical infrastructure. Evolving environmental and geopolitical risks mean that Canada’s connectivity infrastructure is becoming increasingly vulnerable to disasters, such as, wildfires, and cyber threats. This poses a challenge as connectivity disruptions can result in significant cascading costs and repercussions. Consider the 2022

Payukotayno James & Hudson Bay Family Services (Payukotayno) is a Children’s Aid Society serving all community members – both First Nation and non-Indigenous – on- and off-reserve, including a municipality and a local area services board, along the western coast of James and Hudson Bay, geographically prescribed by the Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services, of approximately 8,000 people. For 40 years, the agency has provided a range of services including, child welfare, children’s and youth’s mental health services, foster and customary care, adoption, and prevention services.

Since 2019, Manitoba child and family services agencies have been operating under block funding, i.e., single envelope funding. From the outset, the block was underfunded. For many agencies in the province, the block has a negative connotation because of its association to reduced funding.  However, Sagkeeng Child and Family Services (SCFS) embraced the challenge of working with the block.  The agency had to change the dynamic of its spending to meet the parameters of the block approach.  Its efforts enhanced flexibility in decision-making and accountability to its First Nations.

The lessons from SCFS’s experience with the provincial block are relevant as funding approach reforms for the federal First Nations child and family services Program are being negotiated. In a federal context, should a block approach be adopted it would be expected that the resources in a block would be commensurate to agency mandates, i.e., not underfunded as in the case of Manitoba.

This analysis was produced by IFSD to support ongoing research in First Nations child and family services. IFSD's work is undertaken through a contract with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN). The views and analysis do not necessarily reflect the views of the AFN.

This analysis was produced by IFSD to support ongoing research in First Nations child and family services. IFSD's work is undertaken through a contract with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN). The views and analysis do not necessarily reflect the views of the AFN.

This analysis was produced at the request of IFSD to support ongoing research in First Nations child and family services. IFSD's work is undertaken through a contract with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN). The views and analysis of the independent authors do not necessarily reflect the views of the AFN or IFSD.