Fiscal woes may force Ottawa and some provinces to increase taxes after the pandemic — and the obvious move would be an increase in sales taxes, two economists say.

Big spending may be ok in the short-term but watch out for structural deficits, some economists say.

Fitch Ratings downgraded Canada's triple-A credit rating in June, dropping the country to an "AA+" rating over what it called "the deterioration of Canada's public finances"' due to COVID-19.