Solving the productivity puzzle is our most urgent challenge

Without better economic performance, we can't advance the Canadian dream of individual opportunity for advancement and an inclusive society of high-quality public services. In fact, the challenge could be to retain what we have.

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne tests out an F-35 fighter jet simulator at the CANSEC trade show in Ottawa on June 1, 2023.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

July 31, 2023

TORONTO—The latest World Economic Outlook from the International Monetary Fund shows the Canadian economy on a clear downward track. Economic growth, which came in at five per cent in 2021 and 3.4 per cent last year, is projected to rise only 1.7 per cent this year an...

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