I have no doubt that if we poured $300 billion into the economy it would create activity, but remember that we would have had to take that $300 billion out of the economy in the first place. The government cannot giveth without taking away. That is a concern we face.
As an interim solution, what would your organization think of adding a new condition to the Canada social transfer that in every province, for every circumstance, it must always pay more to work than not to work and that someone must always be made better off if they take a job, earn a raise, or work more hours?