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Stephen Poloz warns 'return of tariff man' will accentuate Canada's economic fragilities

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Former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz warns impact of U.S. President Donald Trumps tariffs could be worse than expected.

Poloz was governor of the central bank from 2013 to 2020 .

He said the Canadian economy is more fragile than when it met a best-case scenario in weathering the pandemic five years ago .

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