Tax & Spend
Scotiabank Economists Slam Both Major Party Platforms in Canada
Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister and Liberal Party leader, foreground, speaks as Pierre Poilievre, Conservative Party leader, on right, listens at an election debate. Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet and New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh are also pictured.
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Economists at one of Canada’s biggest lenders are raising doubts about the fiscal plans offered by the leading parties in the country’s election.
Derek Holt and Rebekah Young, economists at Bank of Nova Scotia, both authored reports questioning the assumptions used in the Conservative and Liberal spending platforms, which were released in recent days.