Canada’s economy is stalled, and old-fashioned corporate handouts won’t help us

It is time for our business groups and universities to come up with serious ideas rather than just lobbying for more favours or money.

Any policies Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland introduces to put Canada's economy back on track must demonstrably improve economic and social well-being. This is no time for political pandering by throwing money at favoured groups, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

August 31, 2020

TORONTO—“This is a crisis like no other and will have a recovery like no other,” warns Gita Gopinatch, the head of research at the International Monetary Fund. The loss of output worldwide this year will run to about US$12-trillion, with the global economy declining 4.9 per cent in the worst d...

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