Rising GDP lifts only the boats of the wealthy few

Silas Xuereb: I characterize this process over the past forty to fifty years as neoliberalism. And this essentially means policy shifts that are motivated by the idea that free markets are the best way to organize everything — the provision of all sorts of goods, from natural resources to housing, health care, and transportation. In Canada, this shift has manifested itself specifically in terms of free-trade agreements that have prioritized protecting investors over supporting workers.