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Originally Posted by trueviking
I know you are referencing the GDP per capita chart that every conservative has been sharing on social media, but that is absolutely not the same thing as the 'weakest economy in the OECD".
GDP per capita decreased in Canada over the last three years because of our high population growth....we did this to keep the economy growing and to slow inflation....Canada's economy is strong and its GDP (economy) has been growing at a good rate.
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If you take away the last three years, we go from 2nd last place...to 2nd last place!
Our economic growth has been poor.
Even Carney admits this. You need to get on message.
From the debate:
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Originally Posted by Mark Carney
I want to be clear - and Canadian's feel this. I want to be clear about the quote "strength" of our economy. Our economy of the last five years has been driven by a big increase in the labour force, which was largely because of a surge in immigration that's now trying to be controlled. And by government spending that grew by 9% year after year after year, twice the rate of growth of our economy. So our economy was weak before we got to the point of these threats from President Trump."
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