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CANADA’S ECONOMIC GOALS
Political Stability
Reduced Public Debt
Economic Growth
Increased Productivity & Efficiency
Equitable Distribution of Income
Price Stability
Full Employment
Viable Balance of Payments & Stable Currency
Environmental Stewardship
Economic Freedom
Economic Freedom
• the freedom of choice available to workers,
consumers and investors in the economy
• in a market economy, consumers are free to
purchase goods and services of their choice,
and also, through their purchasing
decisions, to determine what goods and
services are actually produced
WHAT IS ECONOMIC FREEDOM?
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The key ingredients of economic freedom are:
Personal choice
Voluntary exchange coordinated by markets
Freedom to enter and compete in markets
Protection of persons and their property from
agression
Economic Freedom:
CONCLUSIONS
• Increases prosperity for all
• Reduces poverty
• Increases other freedoms
• Improves quality of life