Are Grand Trade Pacts Doomed or Merely Mistimed?

Published in the Embassy newspaper:

By delaying its judgment on the TPP, the new Liberal government could avoid unnecessary criticism and drama at home.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in St. Andrews By-The-Sea, New Brunswick, Jan. 18. (LPC photo)

Reply to A. Coyne: Spend All That Money, Mr. Trudeau? Why Yes & On That!

(Revised Sept. 3, 2015)

The Tuesday confirmation by Statistics Canada that the country was officially in a recession the first half of this year is not much offset by June’s growth rate of only 0.5% (0.1% non-annualized), when compared to America’s 3.7%. The electoral debate on the merits of the Liberal promise to stimulate the economy and incur deficits can certainly continue.