Charles St-Arnaud, chief economist with Alberta Central, talked with Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about the key takeaways from the parties’ political platforms in the 2025 federal election. “We have that big elephant in the room with is our trade conflict with the U.S., our major trading partner,” he said. “Whichever party is in place, we’ll need to see some greater spending to, in some ways, soften the blow that will happen on some of the sectors.
