Poilievre accuses Carney of ducking questions about Canada’s sluggish economy
Poilievre says 0.1% GDP decline shows Canadians are worse off and urges an emergency parliamentary debate on the economy.
- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre accused Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday of avoiding accountability for Canada's economic downturn, calling for an emergency parliamentary debate as the nation faces its second consecutive quarterly contraction.
- Statistics Canada reported Friday that real gross domestic product declined 0.1 per cent on an annualized basis in the first quarter, meeting some definitions of a technical recession.
- Citing rising insolvency rates and food bank usage, Poilievre argued Canadians are worse off and criticized Carney for skipping question period in the House to tour a construction site.
- John Fragos, press secretary to Finance Minister Philippe Champagne, attributed the economic uncertainty to high U.S. tariff levels and geopolitical events, citing new Liberal affordability measures and an International Monetary Fund forecast projecting strong Canadian growth.
- Although many economists dismiss the recession label due to insufficient depth, Poilievre countered that other G7 nations facing similar global pressures are not currently in recession, highlighting the debate over Canada's economic severity.
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Despite two consecutive quarters of GDP declines, many economists reject this term to describe the situation.
Carney under fire as Canada economy contracts
Read: 2 min Prime Minister Mark Carney faced criticism on Monday for his leadership of Canada’s economy after figures showed it entered into what economists call a technical recession. Official figures released last week showed the economy contracted by 0.1 per cent in the first quarter of the year, following one per cent negative growth in the fourth quarter of 2025. “Mark Carney has created the only G7 economy in a recession,” Conservative Par…
The Toronto Star
Poilievre accuses Carney of ducking questions about Canada’s sluggish economy
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Prime Minister Mark Carney is avoiding accountability after recent data showed the Canadian economy contracted again.
Winnipeg Free Press
Poilievre accuses Carney of ducking questions about Canada's sluggish economy
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre accused Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday of avoiding accountability after recent data showed the Canadian economy contracted again.
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