Inflation Fell to 1.8 Percent In February, Driven by 2025 GST Holiday: StatCan

Inflation Fell to 1.8 Percent In February, Driven by 2025 GST Holiday: StatCan
People pay for their items at a grocery store in Toronto, Ont., on Nov. 22, 2022. Carlos Osorio/Reuters
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Canada’s annual inflation rate fell to 1.8 percent in February from 2.3 percent in January, according to a new Statistics Canada report.
The slowdown was “largely driven” by a monthly rise in prices in February of last year at the end of a two-month GST holiday introduced by the Liberal government of then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, according to StatCan’s March 16 report.