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As First Ministers ready for national summit, economy dwarfs all other issues on Canadians’ minds
Anxiety palpable ahead of March 22 budget February 23, 2016 – When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with provincial and indigenous leaders in Vancouver next week to discuss climate change, he does so not only riding high in public opinion
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Trans-Pacific Partnership: Uncertainty reigns among half of Canadians as federal government signs trade deal
Canadians expect the deal to have a positive effect on consumer choices, less so on the economy, jobs February 4, 2016 – As the federal government moves Canada another step closer to joining the Trans Pacific Partnership by signing the
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Economy and the Budget: Nearly half of Canadians want Ottawa to stand pat on $10 billion deficit plan
Three-quarters of Canadians say they’re worried about the economy; three-in-five think it will get worse February 3, 2016 – With low oil prices wreaking havoc on the nation’s resource sector, the stock market in turmoil, and the Canadian dollar sinking
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Sinking dollar has Canadians vowing to eliminate or cut way back on cross-border shopping, U.S. travel
Majority express pessimism, anxiety about low dollar’s impact on the economy January 29, 2016 – More than two-in-five Canadians say the declining value of the loonie against the U.S. dollar has them cutting south-of-the-border travel out of their plans entirely,
Read MoreSluggish economy could make TPP trickier for Trudeau
By Shachi Kurl January 27, 2016 – News the Trudeau Liberals will sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership – the 12-country trade deal involving nations that line the Pacific Rim – has the potential to take a different tone against the backdrop of
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Trans-Pacific Partnership: Canadians say trade deal is good for consumers, uncertain of impact on jobs, the economy
Canadian opinion dominated by uncertainty as full text of twelve-country agreement still under wraps October 22, 2015 – The Trans-Pacific Partnership – the 12-country trade agreement between nations along the Pacific Rim – will be among the first major foreign
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