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OTTAWA — As uncertainty builds about the fragility of the global economy, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has urged other nations to look to Canada as a model for “practical” economic management.

Harper made the comments Monday in a bluntly worded speech delivered at an international conference in Montreal.

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He urged other governments to avoid the politically motivated “false choice” of assuming they have only one option to rescue their faltering economies: “austerity or prosperity.”

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“The Canadian approach is what the world needs,” said Harper.

“A practical approach, an approach that works. An approach that includes both fiscal discipline and other growth measures.”

The speech came at a key time in world affairs — as European leaders attempt to stem the economic meltdown on that continent, and leaders from the G20 nations prepare to meet in Mexico early next week for a critical summit.