Now that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s political career is coming to an end, some of his fans are romanticizing his economic track record. Yet it is indisputable that, under his leadership, the economy sputtered and Canadians, robbed of a decade of growth, were left relatively poorer than their global peers.
Perhaps the best example of this historical revisionism can be found in a fawning column published in the Toronto Star just hours after Trudeau’s resignation. Penned by the paper’s business columnist, David Olive, the article claimed that “Trudeau’s successors will be hard-pressed to improve on his economic track record” as there’s “no arguing Canadians became wealthier while he was in power.”
