Carney under fire as Canada economy contracts
Prime Minister Mark Carney faced criticism on Monday for his leadership of Canada's economy after figures showed it entered into what economists call a technical recession.
Official figures released last week showed the economy contracted by 0.1 percent in the first quarter of the year, following one percent negative growth in the fourth quarter of 2025.
"Mark Carney has created the only G7 economy in a recession," opposition leader and Conservative Party head Pierre Poilievre told reporters in Ottawa, charging that people across the country were "struggling to pay their essentials."
Canada has not experienced two consecutive quarters of negative growth since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
