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Will the feds’ stimulus plan actually help the economy?

Canadian money: various denominations of Bank of Canada/Banque du Canada polymer banknotes, Vancouver, B.C. on Monday, April 15, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Bayne Stanley Copyright Bayne Stanley 2019

By Analysis by The Big Story podcast

Posted November 26, 2024 6:40 am.

In today’s The Big Story podcast, the holidays are coming and times are tough. We’re digging into whether the federal government’s two-month GST holiday and upcoming rebate will actually help the economy and your family.

Host Cormac Mac Sweeney is in conversation with Kevin Page, former parliamentary budget officer and current president of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy at the University of Ottawa.

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