Strange days.  Growth and rising employment with no inflation, and that growth fairly tepid when considering that it is tied to years of monetary stimulus.

I am guessing that a lot of this has to do with the wage gap.  The wealthy got that way mostly through the FIRE sector, which, while lucrative, creates nothing in the way of intrinsic value.  The 1% is also notorious for parking money offshore or sheltering it from tax in other creative ways.  What's more, FIRE does little to improve the lot of most Canadians since does little in terms of economic spinoff compared to manufacturing or other sectors.

If we want to climb out of this morass, we need to figure out a way to put more cash in the hands of the working class.  The economic booms of the postwar era were fuelled by wage gains and substantial gains in disposable income for the average joe.  Now we are seeing job losses through automation and the gig economy.  Share the wealth, or the economy will continue to stall.