Where’s the plan? Budget needs better plan for the future

Under-investment in tangibles such as machinery and equipment by business along with under-investment in intangibles, such research and development, intellectual property and marketing for global markets have left Canada poorly positioned for the future.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s first budget has come under strong criticism for, in the eyes of its critics, its failure to put the country on a strong growth path for sustained future prosperity, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

May 17, 2021

TORONTO—Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s first budget has come under strong criticism for, in the eyes of its critics, its failure to put the country on a strong growth path for sustained future prosperity. “I don’t think we really have a plan going forward and the budget is supposed to ...

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