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Convoy blockades cost Canadian economy billions in reduced GDP, documents show - The Globe and Mail

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Minutes of a cabinet-level meeting attended by Ms. Freeland that took place the day before the government invoked the act show ministers were told that the blockades were causing economic losses of 0.1 per cent to 0.2 per cent of GDP per week. The source of that economic estimate is not clear because of the extent of redactions. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet invoked the Emergencies Act on Feb. 14 for the first time in Canadian history.

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Convoy blockades cost Canadian economy billions in reduced GDP, documents show - The Globe and Mail

Opposition questions why Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland declined to provide such figures when asked directly in June

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The Globe & Mail broke the news in Canada on Friday, August 12, 2022.
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