Canada's finance minister, Jim Flaherty said on Friday that although there are signs of Canada's economy strengthening, but not enough to stop the stimulus spending plans.

This is consistent with the Bank of Canada announcing they will keep the overnight rate at 0.25% last week.

Put these two recent announcements together, and the possibility of future inflation becomes easier to understand. It sounds like we have some interesting times yet to come. Despite these words of an uncertain economic ...
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Yesterday in Ottawa, where I live, was the first big snow storm of the winter. Approximately 20 centimeters of the fluffy white stuff was dumped on our nations capital, and the city worked hard to keep the streets safe and clear. More than 500 pieces of snow removal equipment were on the streets clearing snow, and the city estimates that the cost to taxpayers was approximately $1 million dollars. $1 million dollars...that's a lot of money. Was it well spent? I'd say "mostly."

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