The 2021 budget: a disaster unlike any we have known

The experts at Finance must be tearing their hair out, even if they know this budget is designed to get the Trudeau Liberals re-elected. So much for the 'wisdom' of minority governments.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland present the 2021 budget on April 19. Recent polling suggests Canadians are worried about government spending, but it won’t stop the profligate Liberals from being fiscally irresponsible. Or history from repeating itself, writes Andrew Caddell.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

May 12, 2021

MONTREAL—Economics has always been a fascinating topic for me, although it has been a struggle. When I first arrived in Delhi on a diplomatic posting in 2009, I met with the economic analyst, a brilliant Indian woman who had a master’s degree in economics. At our first meeting, I peppered her w...

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