I think we'll be waiting for a looooooooong time for your response, or it'll be a deflection or moving the goal posts. You know why I know this? Because this recession really has nothing to do with Canada. There has been a global cooling thanks to Mango Mussolini. This has nothing to do with "elbows up" or what ever your pea brain might try to come up with. It is tariffs, Iranian war (though only slightly), and other geo-political bullshit. I think @Frankfooter isn't wrong about austerity contributing to a decline in economic activity....but so has AI, which has seen thousands of job cuts in the past six months in Canada and around the world. There are other factors here, but I know you only see things through what the right-wing echo chamber blasts into your head....