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A green and just recovery would benefit all Canadians

Canada, with its own sovereign currency, can create billions in new money simply by selling bonds to its central bank, something the government has been doing at the rate of $5-billion/week since March. As long as inflation remains low there is little risk in the government continuing to do so. If there ever was a time to take that slight risk and to spend big, it is now.

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BY KYLA TIENHAARA AND RONALD LABONTé
September 21, 2020

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