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OTTAWA — Christine Lagarde has some strong advice for developed nations and those still in the process: follow Canada’s lead if they want to create jobs, grow their economies and avoid the temptation to build trade walls.

“I hope it (Canada’s plan) can actually go viral,” the managing director of the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday.

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“At the IMF, we have strongly advocated what we call the three-pronged approach,” Lagarde told reporters in Ottawa, standing alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following a private meeting.

“Because growth has been too low for too long and for too few, we strongly believe — based on the analytical work that we do — that a combination of monetary policy, fiscal policy and structural reforms (can) enhance the capacity of the state to support the development of economic growth, to encourage economic enterprises to develop investment, to encourage innovation and creation of jobs,” she said.