“The policies of the government in power, and the proclivities of the current prime minister, are not particularly oriented towards the hard work of generating economic growth, and that can make things difficult for the Department of Finance,”

– David Dodge, Former head of the Bank of Canada

“The lack of transparency around the government’s intentions in its economic and fiscal forecast is not acceptable in a democracy. I think everyone should be concerned about this.”

– Don Drummond, Former Chief Economist, TD Bank Financial Group and several senior positions, Department of Finance