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NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Paul Wells in conversation at the Maclean's Live event at Ottawa's National Arts Centre on February 8, 2018

Maclean’s Live with Jagmeet Singh: Six key economic takeaways

The NDP leader on NAFTA, deficits, jobs and more

Bill Morneau

How Canada became the world’s economic Rorschach test

The idea that Canada has the fix for what ails the world economy—this time, with debt-fuelled stimulus spending—has proven enduringly enticing over the years

Deficit spending? Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Government stimulus plans in Canada have a history of getting rapidly off track

Why Jim Flaherty can afford to act casual

The finance minister drops the artifice — and a budget date

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The end of the great stimulus experiment

ANDREW COYNE: The mystery is how it got started