Post-COVID imponderables up the risks with Freeland’s recovery outlook

If inflation persists, the Liberals will need to somehow balance their transformative vision with increasing demands from the public for practical, down-to-earth relief.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has now put her confidence in Canada’s reviving economy on the line by replacing broad-based COVID support programs with more targeted, less expensive measures, writes Les Whittington.
OTTAWA—Will the global economy prove to be a COVID long-hauler? The diagnosis remains uncertain, as with every other factor concerning the virus and its duration and impact. Despite the negative influence of the Delta variant, the Canadian economy has bounced back fairly well. And in keeping wit...

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