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1. Federal ‘stimulus’ spending will likely arrive late with minimal benefits

   The government says $101 billion in stimulus spending is required for “sustained economic recovery.” ...

2. Stimulus spending on infrastructure won’t ‘kickstart’ COVID recovery

   Federal debt as a share of the economy will reach roughly 56 per cent, the highest percentage since 1998. ...

3. Trudeau government’s economic stimulus plan makes little sense

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, December 9, 2020 Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Trudeau government will spend up to $100 billion for economic stimulus over the next three years to help Canada “build back better.” But this stimulus package could ...

4. Minister McKenna should re-consider plans for stimulus

   Catherine McKenna, our federal minister of infrastructure, recently said the Trudeau government is thinking about stimulus measures and hopes to have a plan in place this fall. Minister McKenna suggested stimulus efforts would focus on ...

5. Think-tanks provide competing views on stimulus and infrastructure spending

   With the worst of COVID hopefully subsiding and economies beginning to reopen, governments are turning their attention to policies to promote and aid the economic recovery. As should be the case, think-tanks, academics, business groups ...

6. Stimulus spending will likely harm Canadian economy—not help it

   Appeared in National Newswatch, June 25, 2020 As the federal and provincial governments shift their focus to economic recovery, there will be heightened calls for fiscal stimulus in an attempt to kick-start the economy. However, a new study by the Fraser ...

7. Is Fiscal Stimulus an Effective Policy Response to a Recession? Reviewing the Existing Research

   This report examines existing academic studies that analyze evidence regarding the effectiveness of fiscal stimulus—additional government spending and/or tax relief—as a mechanism to mitigate the impact of a recession and speed up economic ...