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Lorne Gunter: Mark Carney looks good but economy tells different story

Consumer spending has dropped, productivity is flat, investment is down and the housing market has softened.

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Mark Carney has presided over the worst first year of economic growth of any prime minister since Lester Pearson in 1963 — 63 years ago! Even Justin Trudeau, who was an economic disaster for 10 years as PM, had a better first year than Carney.

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