No. I'm very worried about it.
I have no dog in this hunt, to use Bill Clinton's famous phrase. I don't belong to any political party. I don't consult anybody. I teach at Carleton. I do research.
I'm very much following Anne McLellan. I thought her comments were absolutely spot on. We have to pivot now, change. We did what needed to be done when COVID came along, but now we have to focus on growth. We have to generate growth, which will generate tax revenues to pay for these social programs and to pay for health care.
We have a lot of demands on our plate, we know that. There are people here who are advocating for more spending. We need the growth to pay for it.
Again, I want to keep reminding everybody: People think we can solve our shortage of workers with more immigrants. I strongly support immigration, but we have to be prepared for the idea that immigration may start to slow down, and we need more workers. The million in shortages is going to get worse post-COVID. It's not going to get better.