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Liberal’s infrastructure spending won’t boost economy

The Liberal government’s budget plan to lift the economy over the next two years with close to C$12bn in infrastructure funding will be a tall task, one that we would not count on to produce much benefit in terms of additional economic growth. Other fiscal measures, such as lower taxes for middle income earners, are a better attempt to stimulate the flagging economy, but they are far too small to make any meaningful difference.

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