Canada’s ‘New Government’ has no interest in arresting our economic decline
Spring fiscal update contains little that should reassure us about our country’s economic path
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Open this photo in gallery:Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during an announcement on the Canada Strong Fund in Ottawa on Monday.Justin Tang/The Canadian PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountIf you have been wondering what meaning to attach to that irritating phrase the Carney Liberals use to describe themselves, “Canada’s New Government” – which was irritating enough when it was first employed, under Stephen Harper, when it was actually a new government – wonder no longer. As this Spring Economic Update makes abundantly clear, it means nothing whatever. Or next to nothing.Well, I suppose it depends on whether you are looking at things in static or dynamic terms.
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