But it&#x27;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.<p>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&#x27;ve been playing the card of being fiscally sound and promoting economic growth, and I&#x27;m certain huge chunks of the Canadian media (<i>cough</i> 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.<p>Honestly the biggest shame is that no one setup a sovereign fund like the Norwegians did.<p>As a Canadian, this all sucks.