Trudeau Government Used Pandemic to Engineer Long-Term Spending Increase

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is congratulated by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after delivering the fiscal update in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Nov. 3, 2022. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Commentary

In response to the pandemic, governments in Canada launched an unprecedented wave of spending. In Ottawa, the federal government has sought to make that wave permanent.