Just how much damage did Justin Trudeau do to Canada’s economy? (The Hub)

This week marks 10 years since that sunny fall day when the new Trudeau government was sworn in at Rideau Hall and Canada optimistically embarked on a decade of transformative social change. Ultimately, this agenda was not moored to any commitment to serious fiscal discipline or other economic fundamentals—it was policy outcomes, not their price tags, that were prioritized.

This free-spending spree was disrupted by international events, including a pandemic, that only accelerated these tendencies. Ending Canada’s decades-long national consensus on the benefits of immigration by rapidly increasing the country’s intake numbers was a Hail Mary response to kickstart a moribund economy struggling to recover ...

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