Whether it was the same set of deeply fallible economists surveyed for the first article wasn’t clear. For several years now there have been more millennials in the workforce than boomers, meaning they are now officially paying for their parents’ retirement. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau owes his current position to the fact large numbers of millennials turned out on his behalf in 2015. Morneau considers that so insignificant he spent part of his day Tuesday mocking Conservatives for suggesting it could be lower. They might not have much choice: we’ve handed them a debt approaching $700 billion, not including provincial shortfalls, for stuff they didn’t order.

Source: National Post March 20, 2019 17:26 UTC