Canada’s ‘most abnormal recession’ requires continued federal support for households, says top economist, but the longer we’re stuck, the worse it gets

'The government has a responsibility to present a plan for economic recovery that is based on an employed, working population,' says Conservative MP Pat Kelly. 'We need to safely restart the economy in a way that allows people and businesses to work.'

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. According to the Parliamentary Budget Office’s Nov. 6 report, in response to COVID-19, governments in Canada have implemented or announced $281-billion in fiscal measures, representing 12 per cent of pre-pandemic GDP.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

November 9, 2020

Following hundreds of billions of dollars of government spending with the second wave of COVID-19 in full force, a number of leading experts and economists are saying that although government support needs to remain available to Canadians, economic recovery becomes more difficult to achieve the long...

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