All of a sudden, the U.S.’s financial media loves Canada’s economic policies. In the space of a few days, both the Wall Street Journal and Quartz have published columns essentially arguing that Canada is a beacon unto the global economy, doing right what everyone else is doing wrong. Canada “does the global economy a favour,” declares a columnist at the Journal. Quartz's commentary goes even further and proclaims that Justin Trudeau’s Canada is “the best hope for the global economy.” Yes folks, somehow we’ve become the saviours of the world economy. Why? Because as countries around the world drop interest rates and cut government budgets, Canada is doing the opposite: It’s holding interest rates where they are, and turning on the government spending spigots. And a growing number of experts say it’s Canada’s who’s got it right.

Economic Jedi? Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (r) shakes hands with Finance Minister Bill Morneau after delivering the federal budget in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 22. A growing number of experts argue deficit spending is exactly what the world should be doing right now. (Reuters photo) “Canada’s decision to boost spending could ... serve as an example to other affluent nations such as the U.S. and Germany,” writes Matt Phillips at Quartz. Interest rates there are as low as they are in Canada, and these countries “have the ability to make investments that will not only give the economy a short-term boost, but also enhance the long-term productivity of the economies.” Forget austerity, now is the time to borrow Unlike many other countries, Canada’s federal government seems to be listening to the experts, and those experts are increasingly turning against austerity. Major economic organizations like the OECD and the IMF now argue that cutting government spending damages economies, and doesn't actually work. "Distorting your economy to deliberately pay down the debt only adds to the burden of the debt, rather than reducing it," the IMF declared last year in a statement that would have been considered economic heresy not too long ago.