Ottawa and the disappearing recovery

What Trudeau’s doing is good, but it appears to be tinkering at the edges of an economy with extensive, deeply ingrained shortcomings.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau, pictured speaking to reporters outside the House of Commons in June, needs to come to grips with the fact that this is not just a bad period in an otherwise sound situation. Canadians are facing a whole new economic reality where many of the old variables no longer apply, writes Les Whittington.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

August 10, 2016

OTTAWA—Canadians are sleepwalking into a long period of economic hardship—or worse. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has at least recognized the need for Ottawa to take a hand in the situation—a major improvement over Stephen Harper’s laissez-faire mentality. But the happy-go-l...

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