Remember that under the present Government we had an unprecedented lockdown for months on end, that affected all the global economies, the Global Supply Chain, Food prices, or more recently the Oil prices and supplies of energies thanks to the Russian Invasion. Both Chretien and harper could not have done anything miraculous to turn things around for Canadians at the wave of a wand. The Governments will always be blamed as we see that with all the nations around the Globe. We have a UK Conservative Government that are implementing fiscally "responsible" policies that only seem to have an effect with higher inflation, food, gas and other commodity prices than Canada. Canada's inflation rate though at 4% is at the lower end of the rung among the G20 Nations!!
True. All Governments can do little about such things. There is also a natural business cycle that is cyclical. and there is only so much any government can do to influence them. To some degree my position is that all of them do some good, some bad.
but there’s a difference between that and . Making bad situations worse.
2008. McGuinty trashing Ontario, Harper getting through it.
Covid.
Relief measure and efforts needed/justifiable.
1) the less fortunate and working class thrown under the bus, litterally, knowingly sacrificed and a paltry, insulting $2,000/month. Thrown about Willy Nilly.
2) Nor were Covid efforts the only insane amount of eye popping debt added. Both before and during and after.
which today, is like throwing gas on inflationary fires. Much like carbon taxes for some, but not all.
And like Ontario today , is going to mean far less flexibility tomorrow, other problems.
Sunny days last forever and $$ grows in trees. Most, the majority of economist expect a recession in the next 12-18 months. What they can’t agree on, is how bad, how long.
Boomers leaving the workforce…
And who knows, what other curveballs ( maybe Russia, Maybe China, maybe the mid east and oil production OPEC)