"International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland sees a silver lining for Canada in 2017 despite an increasingly complex and gloomy economic situation worldwide"

Very sorry Chrystia but there is more doom and gloom within Canada due to shrinking incomes caused directly by Federal and Provincial government policies than there is at an international level.

If you don't have it you can't spend it and, for sure, you can't save it for your retirement years.