Opinion: Ottawa hypes investment but stokes consumption

2026-02-06 - 11:05

Even as the gap widens between feeble capital investment in Canada and surging investment in the United States, so does the gap between the Carney government’s hype about investing for prosperity and its actual pursuit of debt-fuelled consumption. Last week, it announced its latest response to affordability concerns: the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit, an income-support add-on to the GST credit that increases the government’s already bloated debt. Canadians are getting more of the perverse fiscal policy that weakened Canada’s competitiveness and prosperity over the past decade. Read More