Weak Saving, Investment Performance Threatens Canada’s Future Prosperity

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January 31, 2017

Sagging national saving, undermined by government deficits, threaten Canada’s future economic prosperity, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Enduring Virtues: Saving and Investing as National Priorities in 2017,” author William B.P. Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, underlines the importance of saving and investment in economic growth, and warns that Canada is falling short.

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William Robson

Bill Robson took office as CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute in July 2006, after serving as the Institute’s Senior Vice President since 2003 and Director of Research from 2000 to 2003. He has written more than 270 monographs, articles, chapters and books on such subjects as government budgets, pensions, healthcare financing, inflation and currency issues.

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