The Liberals are spending far more than they said they would
Economist Stephen Gordon unpacks the federal government’s finances to explain why the deficit is so much bigger than Trudeau promised
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Stephen Gordon
Stephen Gordon is an economics professor at l’Université Laval in Quebec City. He started the blog Worthwhile Canadian Initiative in 2005 and has been blogging about economics ever since.
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