Canada needs growth strategy to seize digital economy

Canada's successful growth strategy must be very much future-oriented, focused on the world in 2020 and beyond, and the strategy, if it is to be effective, must also be disruptive. We have to think big, take calculated risks, and be audacious. We really don’t have a choice if we want the long-term growth that will generate good jobs and prosperity for all Canadians.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau, pictured in this file photo on Parliament Hill, has promised to deliver, before the end of the year, 'a robust growth strategy' for 'strong and sustainable growth.' It’s a big promise.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

March 14, 2016

TORONTO—Finance Minister Bill Morneau has promised to deliver, before the end of the year, “a robust growth strategy” for “strong and sustainable growth." It’s a big promise. If he succeeds, he will fill the glaring gap in the federal Liberal Party platform which had little to offer on i...

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