Is Canada’s economy quietly unraveling? | Talking Heads with Andrew Coyne
In this first episode of Talking Heads, Globe and Mail columnist Andrew Coyne discusses Canada’s economy, debt and productivity with economist Don Drummond. Plus, Coyne compares today’s economy with the early ‘90s, when more than a third of federal taxes went to servicing debt. 0:00 Intro 2:33 Lessons from the 1995 budget 4:24 How bad is Canada’s debt? 5:52 Canada’s economic decline 6:34 Setting fiscal guardrails 8:10 Can Canadians trust the budget? 9:38 The problem with off-budget spending 10:24 Reforming federal transfers 12:43 Reforming Canada’s tax system 15:18 Will this budget deliver change? 16:52 Moment of optimism Technical producer: Patrick Dell Video editor: Sarah Espedido Opinion editor: Natasha Hassan Subscribe to Talking Heads with Andrew Coyne: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/talking-heads-with-andrew-coyne/id6829915425 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0EhqjXO2ULbmKqFY1gKhvk
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