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Recent public opinion research confirms 85 per cent of Canadians say affordability is important to them, while 56 per cent reveal they are having a harder time making ends meet this year.

Affordability will be principal lens through which Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's upcoming fall economic statement will be judged, write Graham Fox, Matt Triemstra, and André Turcotte. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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