Freeland promises Canada will ‘build big things here,’ but will we really?

Who actually will own the new, big things to be built in Canada? Whose big new ideas will be used? Who will profit from the big, new opportunities? Will Canadians be more than employees of foreign multinationals?

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured March 28, 2023, doing a press conference inside the budget lockup for the media. Not surprisingly, this year's federal budget fails to show how its massive new supports for corporations will improve Canada’s overall economic growth prospects, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

April 3, 2023

TORONTO—In her budget 2023, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland boasts: “we’re going to build big things here in Canada.” In her long budget document, she proclaims: “this is a country of big ideas, big opportunities, and hardworking people who can do big ...

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