That might force the Bank of Canada to hike rates sooner rather than later, as Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney has warned recently.
But in relative terms, Canada is doing rather better than most other rich countries.
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More surprising, perhaps, is that over the past few years the Albertan agenda, rather than that of Quebec, has come to dominate Canada's national political debate.
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Americans have been more cautious about making long-distance trips, and many have preferred to take overseas holidays in Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean rather than in Europe or Asia.
Yet, allowing patients to face the discipline of market forces rather than shielding them entirely (as is done in Canada, where cost sharing for health services guaranteed under federal law is prohibited) has the potential to reduce spending by nearly a third.
It would give immigrants six years rather than four to accumulate the 36 months of physical residence in Canada required for citizenship.
This shrewd New Democrat played a big part in getting Canada's constitution brought under overtly Canadian (rather than, theoretically, British) control in 1982.
The loss of Canada means the F1 calendar will stay at 18 races rather than the record-breaking 19 that had been expected for 2009.
In early December America signed an agreement with Canada allowing customs officials to inspect factory shipments on site, rather than clog up the borders.
It adopts the economic classification system shared by the United States and Canada, breaking the economy down into 750 different activities, rather than 362 as before.
Unlike other major central banks, including the Bank of England and the US Federal Reserve, the Bank of Canada's six-member governing council makes its decisions by consensus rather than votes and present verdicts as a common decision, thereby avoiding being labelled hard or soft on policy.
Rather than disease, the more sombre outlook reflects sputtering demand in the United States, which takes 85% of Canada's exports.
But to win its budget wars, Canada first had to realize how dire its situation was and then dramatically shrink the size of government rather than just limit the pace of spending growth.
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