The 2026 federal budget must deliver stronger growth and sustainable finances: Drummond

Worsened access to the U.S. market limits Canadian firms’ ability to scale up and strengthen productivity, making it more difficult to compete in markets around the world.

The upcoming fall budget could play a key role in revamping Canada’s economy to meet today’s serious challenges, writes Don Drummond.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DON DRUMMOND

September 21, 2026

The Canadian economy continues to fail to address the challenge of its weak productivity. Now added is the fissure in the once solid Canada-United States trading relationship. These twin challenges interact. Worsened access to the U.S. market limits Canadian firms’ ability...

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