Feds’ rosy economic update could do more harm than good

Chrystia Freeland’s rose-coloured view of the world does more harm than good because it induces complacency, which is the last thing we need. It will take much better analysis and harder thinking to achieve a better Canada.

Deputy PM and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is pictured with Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem ahead of an announcement on the bank's inflation rate on Dec. 13, the day before she delivered the fall fiscal update. If our government pretends all is well, despite contrary evidence, we will end up a poorer nation, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

December 20, 2021

TORONTO—Perhaps the boldest promise made by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland in her 2021 fiscal outlook is that the Trudeau government “will ensure that there are good sustainable jobs for Canadians in every corner of the country, for decades to come.” That’s a great aspiration, and Canad...

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