The resignation of Canada’s finance minister hurts and helps Trudeau
Now the prime minister can spend more freely
CANADA’S PRIME MINISTER, Justin Trudeau, can claim to have managed the pandemic well. His country has had far fewer cases and deaths as a proportion of its population than the United States. Government spending to protect the economy from the pandemic’s worst effects was prompt and well targeted. The economy looks as if it will recover faster than its neighbour’s. Although Mr Trudeau’s Liberal Party lost its majority in the election held in October, its fortunes recovered after the virus struck.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “No more Morneau”
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