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Trudeau promotes spending to boost economy as economists warn of weak outlook

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the country's economic woes mean it's more important than ever for the Liberal government to spend on growth-generating projects like infrastructure.

OTTAWA – Justin Trudeau is talking in the need for more federal spending to assist the economy on a day experts are sharing their downgraded forecasts with his government.

The prime minister says the country’s economic woes mean it’s more important than ever before for that Liberal government to spend on growth-generating projects like infrastructure.

Trudeau’s remarks in Toronto came soon after a group of private-sector economists shared their downgraded forecasts with Finance Minister Bill Morneau in a meeting just a couple kilometres away.

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