Economics
Justin Trudeau Is Discovering How Hard It Is to Spend Billions of Dollars on Infrastructure
Billions of dollars are still in the bank as Canada struggles with implementing a stimulus plan.
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Justin Trudeau's latest lesson? Spending billions of dollars allocated to kick-start a sluggish economy can be harder than it looks.
The Canadian prime minister's meager progress on infrastructure projects may undermine his case, and that made by the Bank of Canada, that deficit spending will offer a timely shot in the arm for an economy struggling to make up for low oil prices.