Art Laffer’s Blueprint to Unleash Canada’s Economy
On this episode of Canadian Innovators, host Ves Sobot sits down with Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient and former Reagan economic advisor Dr. Art Laffer. They discuss why Canada’s economy is stalling while the U.S. grows, how reciprocal tariff cuts could reset the Canada–U.S. relationship, and Laffer’s blueprint for prosperity: a low-rate flat tax, sound money, spending restraint, deregulation and free trade.
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