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		<title>Balanced Budget By 2016 &#8211; What a good idea!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Canada is now taking steps to implement a new five-year plan to cut government spending and reduce its budget deficit from C$53.8 billion last year to only C$1.8 billion in 2014 and achieve a balanced budget by 2016. Australia&#8217;s central bank has now raised its benchmark interest rate in 4 of its past 5 meetings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Growth Accelerated to 5% in the Final Quarter of 2009</title>
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Canadian Budget for Fiscal 2010-11 Tabled in the House of Commons
The second year of the federal stimulus plan is on track. Federal spending restraint will be implemented to achieve fiscal balance by fiscal 2014-15, with no tax increases planned.
The Canadian economy kicked into recovery mode in the second half of 2009, following the path blazed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada&#8217;s Government Fiscally Sound Thinking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Canada May Sell Some Government Assets to Raise Revenue to Pay Down Deficit
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
Canada continues to show why they&#8217;ve done so well while other countries have struggled during the economic crisis, as in another smart and bold move, the Canadian government is looking to divest itself of assets after a period of time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada&#8217;s Prospects Outshine Realities Challenging U.S.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A smaller deficit leaves Canada in a better position to take advantage of the rebound in the global economy
Canadians have long tended to define themselves by what they are not: Americans. As Finance Minister Jim Flaherty prepares to deal with the fiscal cost of the recession, that distinction is taking on new meaning.
(read the whole [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada &#8211; &#8220;One of the Safest Countries to Invest&#8221;</title>
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According to Dun &#038; Bradstreet&#8217;s Global Risk Indicator, Canada is considered one of the worlds safest countries to invest, due to the relatively mild slowdown experienced as a result of the global credit crisis. In addition, the &#8220;Canadian Business Prosperity Potential Index&#8221; (October 2009) ranks Canada first in the G7 for the likelihood of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Kootenays, Eastern BC Enjoyed a 14.9% Increase in Sales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Kootenays
Eastern BC saw a more moderate market rebound than the rest of the province. Sales rose 26.6%, and began to firm up prices by as little as 1.7% for a detached home and as much as 33.8% for an attached home. Overall, activity is lower than Q3 2008 levels. Compared to a year ago, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada&#8217;s Economic Advantage &#8211; An Extraordinary Record</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Canada is better placed than many countries to weather the global financial turbulence and worldwide recession. Its resilience can be attributed to three factors: First, a track record of sound macroeconomic policy management has left the country in prime form at the beginning of the global turmoil Second, the authorities responded proactively to the crisis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada &#8211; Banks You Can Bank On!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Banks You Can Bank On
The global economic crisis may be deepening, but Canadian financial institutions remain resilient. For the second year in a row, the World Economic Forum&#8217;s Global Competitiveness Report has found that Canada has the soundest banking system in the world. Canada&#8217;s well-regulated financial institutions, banks, trust companies, cooperatives, insurance companies and stock [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More than 2900 New Homes Sold Year on Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BC Interior Updates &#8211; More than 2900 New Homes Sold YTD
MPC Intelligence has recorded a distinct upturn in sales activity throughout the Lower Mainland with sales of new home product reaching nearly 2900 homes. Further to the return of housing sales, we have also observed that the return of product to the market has subsided, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China and Canada Share Optimism about the Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In late 2008, 42 percent expressed confidence about the future.
This optimism was patchy, however, with citizens in India (79% confident), China (78% confident), Australia (73% confident), Canada (66% confident), and the Netherlands (61% confident) expressing the greatest confidence, with between 61 percent to 79 percent of respondents seeing a brighter future.
In Japan only 14 percent [...]]]></description>
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