Former prime minister Jean Chretien says he is concerned about the future of Canada's economy, with inflation at a near 20-year high, saying in a wide-ranging interview with Evan Solomon, host of CTV's Question Period, that Canada is 'moving into a dark alley.'
OTTAWA -- Former prime minister Jean Chretien says he is concerned about the future of Canada’s economy, with inflation at a near 20-year high, saying that Canada is “moving into a dark alley.”
“With the pandemic… it was so unusual that they have done something that is unusual,” he said. “The reality will hit and we'll face it, but they had no other choice.” Chretien said that prime ministers have to deal with provinces “complaining,” as part of the nature of the federation. “They were there since a long time, and you know the last one was closed by me when I was prime minister. We had to manage the problem at that time,” he said.