We all listened with interest to the Prime Minister’s pronouncements on Friday, Sept. 5, outlining his strategies for Canada. As former economist and Reformer MP Herb Grubel once told Paul Martin about his just announced budget, “I give you an A-minus. It would have been an A-plus if you had done it sooner.”

I would give Carney an A-minus for trying, but the details reveal far too much government interference and a scary amount of government spending.

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