Canada’s Productivity Challenge and the Fiscal Path to Recovery

Even before the current trade war, Canada’s productivity growth had been stalled for a decade, driving many of the affordability challenges now facing Canadians. The University of Calgary’s Trevor Tombe returns for the third consecutive year to examine Canada’s fiscal policy outlook for 2026, and whether federal and provincial investment and tax levers intended to jump start the economy are likely to succeed. He’ll explore government measures on defence, energy, infrastructure and AI and whether they might help government turn the corner on rising debt.