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Remember the good old days — that lost time in your past where you could leave your doors unlocked, everything was cheaper and you’d never had it so good economically?

It seems so long ago, but it was just last Tuesday.

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Since the federal budget was unveiled, the news has been unremittingly bad:

• Donald Trump has invoked a national security threat to impose punitive tariff hikes on steel and aluminum;

• the loonie has had its worst week in a year;

• the TSX is down again (it has lagged the U.S. by 25 per cent over the past 18 months);

• GDP growth for the fourth quarter of 2017 came in lower than expected;

• foreign direct investment in Canada last year was at its lowest level since 2010;

• the latest survey of business confidence by Statistics Canada indicates a further drop in investment, to contribute to a decline that totals 18 per cent since 2014.

Maybe Finance Minister Bill Morneau should ask for a do-over and cancel the $32 billion in additional spending that he committed to in last Tuesday’s budget.