Plunging oil prices are bad for the country despite “more money in the pockets” for motorists and transport companies, says the Bank of Canada. Oil’s fall is expected to cost the federal treasury almost $5 billion this year, prompting a delay in the budget till April: “Most of the negative effects will appear in the first half of this year”.
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