The Liberal cabinet is holding a retreat this week in Vancouver ahead of the fall parliamentary session and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic Leblanc said on Sept. 6 that the focus will be the economy.
“We’ve obviously heard in every part of the country the importance of working on economic measures that speak to affordability issues, that speak to things as important as the cost of housing, as dealing with a global phenomenon of inflation,” said Leblanc in a press conference.
Leblanc was asked by reporters what his government plans to do to address the issue of inflation that is hitting some Canadians hard, particularly in light of the federal Conservative Party deciding its new leader on Sept. 10. Presumed frontrunner Pierre Poilievre has focused on inflation and affordability issues during his campaign and in his previous role as finance critic….