Speaking in Windsor, Ont. on Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland warned that the Canadian and world economy is heading for an economic slowdown. Freeland also defended the federal government’s policy response, saying that “the government simply cannot compensate every single Canadian for every single additional cost imposed by elevated global inflation. If we were to try to do that, we would be pouring fuel on the inflationary flames.”
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