(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.
