Failed economic policies of Stephen Harper

Busting Harper's Favourite Myth: He's Been Hell on Canada's Economy

Canada got less competitive under Tories. And more tough truths from Mel Hurtig's new book. First excerpt in a series.

By Mel Hurtig, Today, TheTyee.ca

 

[Editor's note: This is the first of five excerpts this week from 'The Arrogant Autocrat: Stephen Harper’s Takeover of Canada' by noted Canadian nationalist Mel Hurtig. Today The Tyee also publishes an interview with Hurtig about his just published book.]

Contrary to what Stephen Harper and his cohorts would have you believe, it is possible to have a thriving economy, a healthy environment and a compassionate society. In fact, it is the only sustainable way forward.

 

But as I will detail in this week's series drawn from my new book, Harper's policies have harmed Canada's economic well-being and prospects.

Today, let's examine the critical slide in Canada's competitiveness.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked Canada 15th out of 144 countries in its Global Competitiveness Report for 2014-15. It was a drop of one notch from Canada's 14th place finish the year before, which might not have been alarming but for the fact that this latest score was Canada's lowest since Harper took power in 2006.

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