Understanding Canada Toronto: The 2025 Federal Budget through the Lens of Progress
Canadians Dissecting Canadian Challenges
This event is being hosted in Toronto, ON. A special & huge thank you to our partners over at Ada for hosting this event!
Understanding the complexities of core issues facing Canadians today can be a difficult, and quite frankly overwhelming, task to take on individually. In the age of social media, it’s becoming near impossible to isolate facts – emotions dominate conversation, extremism echo chambers are becoming louder, and traditional news sources are becoming increasingly partisan.
If you're someone who seeks to build a better future, you will require clear information & unbiased facts to make the best decisions on what we do next.
Understanding Canada is a biweekly reading group hosted nationwide by Build Canada designed to provide you with exactly that. Each session, interested minds gather to read & review Canadian reports & papers on policy, cultural, and economic challenges.
Together, we will investigate the deepest problems facing our country, comprehend the seemingly indigestible webs of information surrounding them, and craft new perspectives.
We encourage individuals of many backgrounds to attend this event. The more diverse the audience, the better the experience.
Season 1 // Session 4: The Federal Budget through the Lens of Progress
In this special session, we'll be reviewing the Federal Budget and reading a one to two Op Eds from key perspectives across the political spectrum which evaluate it. Following, we'll form our own perspectives on the direction for the country that this budget sets.
This Session's Reading (tentative)
Mandatory Readings
Budget 2025 Overview, from the GOC Website: https://budget.canada.ca/2025/report-rapport/pdf/budget-2025-our-plan.pdf,
Build Canada POV on the Budget: https://www.buildcanada.com/en/posts/budget-2025
Optional: If time, every individual should read one of the two (they get to pick):
Sean Speer's Op Ed, Conservative POV via The Hub: https://thehub.ca/2025/11/04/mark-carneys-budget-misses-mark/
Andrew Coyne's Op Ed, Liberal POV via the G&M: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-federal-budget-2025-carney-meet-the-moment-hype-substance
Schedule
5:30 PM: Doors Open
6:00 PM: Session Begins
8:00 PM: Open Floor
8:30 PM: Doors Close
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