Mr. Poloz, you said that the child benefit should drive retail sales up, but retail sales fell off by 0.1% in August. That's three months straight.
Do you have any opinion on why this is happening, and why retail sales have been driven down?
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October 24th, 2016 / 4:50 p.m.
Conservative
Ziad Aboultaif Conservative Edmonton Manning, AB
Mr. Poloz, you said that the child benefit should drive retail sales up, but retail sales fell off by 0.1% in August. That's three months straight.
Do you have any opinion on why this is happening, and why retail sales have been driven down?
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