Canada needs a national task force on how best to reboot the economy

When it comes time for recovery, we will need broad engagement with governments, labour, businesses both large and small across sectors, public health experts, Indigenous groups, non-profits, and academics.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on May 7, 2020, outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa. The federal government to strike a task force to develop recommendations on how to reboot the economy. The sheer scale of these decisions requires a variety of perspectives, not least of which will be accommodating the varied needs of the vastly diverse sectors, write Hassan Yussuff and Perrin Beatty. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY Hassan Yussuff and Perrin Beatty

May 11, 2020

Canadians remain physically distanced but the COVID-19 pandemic has tied our well-being to one another like never before. Our fellow Canadians are relying on collective effort to overcome this crisis. Indeed, we are at our best when we work together. Over the past month, the Canadian Chamber of Com...

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