Public Safety
Fraud Enforcement Funding May Not Convert Into Convictions
The $1.761B Federal Law Enforcement package: how Budget 2025’s National Anti-Fraud Strategy and Financial Crimes Agency are structured to change prevention and prosecution.
Federal Budget
National Defence
Canada’s Defence Funding Tradeoff: $81.8B Growth vs Operating Cuts
A forensic audit of the $81.8 billion National Defence funding trajectory outlined in Budget 2025. This report quantifies near-term capital growth, identifies the $460 million annual operating reduction beginning in 2026–27, and isolates readiness and personnel throughput constraints.
Housing
Canada’s $13B Build Canada Homes faces a land-to-permit bottleneck
A forensic audit of Budget 2025’s $13B Build Canada Homes plan. It breaks down per-filer fiscal exposure, reconciles the $5.7B accrual-to-cash gap from loans and assets, and maps the federal housing spending path through 2029.