But it's absolutely possible - at least conceptually - to have your cake and eat it in the realm of economics. This is literally an entire field where the predo

But it's absolutely possible - at least conceptually - to have your cake and eat it in the realm of economics. This is literally an entire field where the predominant assumption is that life is not zero-sum game. That said, I feel that a huge chunk of all of this coverage is just delayed biteback for all the ridiculously heavy handed rhetoric that the Conservative party has been playing over the past ~6 years (for those not familiar, the Conservative Party has heavily played the card of being the party that knows how to make the economy strong). They've been playing the card of being fiscally sound and promoting economic growth, and I'm certain huge chunks of the Canadian media (cough CBC) has been just choking at the collar to call bullshit on it. This is all just sweet sweet payback from the perspective of all of the media for that. Honestly the biggest shame is that no one setup a sovereign fund like the Norwegians did. As a Canadian, this all sucks.