
Highlights from the 2026 Federal Budget
On November 5, 2026, Finance Minister and National Revenue Minister François-Philippe Champagne released the 2026 Federal Budget (Budget 2026).
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Charlie Spiring, O.M, ICD.D
Founder & Chair, Wellington-Altus Financial Inc.
Senior Wealth Advisor, Wellington-Altus Private Wealth Inc.
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Senior Wealth Advisor & Senior Portfolio Manager
Wellington-Altus Private Wealth
Senior Wealth Advisor & Senior Portfolio Manager
Wellington-Altus Private Wealth
Senior Wealth Advisor & Senior Portfolio Manager
Wellington-Altus Private Wealth
Wealth Advisor & Portfolio Manager
Wellington-Altus Private Wealth
Senior Wealth Advisor & Senior Portfolio Manager
Wellington-Altus Private Wealth

On November 5, 2026, Finance Minister and National Revenue Minister François-Philippe Champagne released the 2026 Federal Budget (Budget 2026).

John Maynard Keynes wrote this quote in the preface to his book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. That is the challenge facing investors now: not finding another explanation for the turmoil, but recognizing when the turmoil has become the wrong starting point. The market narrative heading into the U.S. midterm elections is extrapolation dressed as analysis: higher rates, the threat of US$200 oil and geopolitical disorder without end. Each disruption becomes evidence that the next one will be worse. The present acquires the permanence of an economic law. I expect the opposite.

Higher long-term yields are changing the trade-offs between income, price sensitivity and the obligations a portfolio must support.
Bond investors are facing an unusual combination of opportunity and pressure.
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