With Pressure Growing to Act, Liberals Reference Inflation Worries in Throne Speech

With Pressure Growing to Act, Liberals Reference Inflation Worries in Throne Speech
Governor General Mary Simon delivers the Throne Speech as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on in the Senate of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario November 23, 2021. POOL/AFP via Getty Images/Sean Kilpatrick
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OTTAWA—The federal Liberals are facing rising pressure to detail how they plan to rebuild an economy upended by COVID-19 and cool inflation after delivering a throne speech that promised to rein in the rising cost of living.

The annual inflation rate hit an 18-year high in October, fuelled largely by rising prices at the pumps and grocery store aisles, with help from housing costs that may be shaking off their mid-year moderation.