Continued fiscal restraint will slow economy down

Although the Conservative-led government fulfilled its pledge to eliminate the Federal budget deficit, fiscal restraint at this juncture seems unnecessary considering the negative fallout from the slump in oil prices. We expect economic growth to be much weaker than the government assumes, with fiscal restraint only slowing the economy down.

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