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The Trudeau Government is setting up an experimental infrastructure bank to help revive the economy.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau, in his economic statement yesterday, said growth has been slower than they expected and that’s hurting the bottom line and the deficit. Morneau says they have a cure however with this lending institution which they hope will bring in billions in foreign capital.
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is headed to West Africa to look at peacekeeping possibilities.
Sajjan’s office says his four day trip to Senegal and Mali is just to gather information and shouldn’t be seen as anything more. Mali, however, has been considered a prime choice for a peacekeeping mission. The U-N already has 13,000 troops and 2,000 police officers in the French-speaking country.