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GOLDSTEIN: Debt-financed pandemic spending failed to boost economy, report

Canada’s massive boost to its debt levels during the COVID-19 pandemic failed to increase its economic growth compared to 32 other industrialized countries, according to a new study by the Fraser Institute.

Using data from the International Monetary Fund, the report says that from 2019 to 2021, Canada had the second-largest increase in its gross debt as a share of the national economy, surpassed only by Japan.

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