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Recent surge of public trust in government hard to maintain, say experts, as Canada moves from crisis into recovery

'We’re going to hit an economic wall that will probably be the equivalent of the Great Depression,' said pollster Nik Nanos, who predicts historic levels of unemployment, public debt, and disruption in the workplace. 'There’s not going to be any kind of spending that’s going to get us out of this.'

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May 18, 2020

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