The Liberals have discovered we have a growth problem. The bad news is they don’t have a clue what to do about it
Urback: Chrystia Freeland’s 2022 federal budget is a political instrument as much as an economic ledger
The other is to increase the number of workers. Here the government deserves praise: it was a bold move to increase immigration even in the teeth of a worldwide pandemic, and as other countries were cutting back. Removing barriers to parents’ participation in the labour force is also to be applauded, though whether this is best achieved by subsidizing daycare operators, as the government has now committed the country to doing, or by direct transfers to parents, is open to dispute.
In their place, the budget proposes a whole lot of central planning, dressed up in capital-friendly clothing. There would be a “world-leading” Canada Growth Fund, “a new public investment vehicle that will operate at arm’s-length from the federal government.” Uh huh. It would be given $15-billion in seed money to play with, which supposedly would attract another $45-billion in private capital. If that sounds familiar, it should.
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