The slowdown in business inventories trimmed 1.5 percentage point from growth in the fourth quarter and the reductions in defence spending cut another 1.3 percentage point from growth. (canadianbusiness.com)
He has plenty of important decisions to make: should benefits be cut ahead of defence spending? (conservativehome.blogs.com)
So the party goes into the election promising to increase defence spending before that of education, health and the police. (conservativehome.blogs.com)