Excluding Canada and the U.S., the average annual economic growth rate for the other five G7 countries over the past 20 years is 1.28 per cent.
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Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget missed an opportunity to convince investors that Canada remains a desirable place to invest.
Nearly 40 per cent of second quarter growth came from the energy sector.
Economic growth expected to moderate dramatically starting next year.
Canada’s economy has grown at or above 1 per cent in 18 different quarters since 2000.
Economic productivity remains low, which translates into lower wage and income growth for Ontarians.
Growth expectations from private-sector economists have consistently declined since this government came to power.
Carefully thinking out regulation is a lot easier to do after the fact.
The government’s growth strategy should be to see to it Canadian firms spend more of their time producing and competing for profit and less of it talking about producing and competing to hit national targets.