Economic turmoil, irrepressible housing bubble leave Liberals playing for time

As long as the economy remains the central political issue, the Liberals’ only real friend is the time between now and the likely federal election in 2025.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has no easy fixes and very little likelihood of major shifts in the key economic factors contributing to the public’s discouragement and anxiety, writes Les Whittington.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

November 1, 2023

OTTAWA—In the upcoming fall fiscal update, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will no doubt focus on a package of federal measures intended to deal with the affordability crisis, a continuation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent shift with regard to the carbon lev...

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