Feds need to be up front on the challenges we face

By failing to be up front on the challenges we face, our government is ill-serving Canadians at a time when public understanding is critical if the public is to contribute to solutions.

As we saw with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s recent budget, federal pronouncements and plans to deal with our challenges are typically presented through an optimistic lens, concealing from the public the true extent of the problems we face, what needs to be done to achieve solutions, and how the budget measures will contribute.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

May 3, 2021

TORONTO—Big and essential challenges facing our country today—a major restructuring of the economy for future growth and averting catastrophic climate change—require major investments in new productive capacity, in the skills workers will need, in the infrastructure that will be required, and ...

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