Canada's Finance Minister Bill Morneau speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Turkey:

  • "Obviously we need to pay close attention to the price of oil, the price of commodities in Canada ...
  • We have slow growth in Canada and ... one of the reasons for that slow growth is the price of oil"
  • Morneau said US Treasury Secretary Lew is "very encouraged" by the new Canadian government's infrastructure spending plan

Morneau said in Turkey he would present a fiscal update in the 'near term', without elaborating

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