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Debt is a vast, sucking field of muck, and we're all flailing to get out | CBC Opinion
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Published: 4 April 2019
March聽19, 2019 | Chris Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School, shares his thoughts with聽Neil Macdonald, a columnist at CBC Opinion, regarding government debt and the upcoming "fiscal squeeze" as the Canadian population ages. "The Trudeau government's spending has been scattershot and political, rather than strategic; reversing Stepen Harper's decision to raise the retirement age was foolish" says Chris Ragan.