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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>Members of the NDP caucus look up at a Canada flag hanging from their offices outside the Alberta Legislature, in Edmonton on March 25, 2025. <\/span> Photo by David Bloom<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\nArticle content<\/h2>\n Amid heightened trade tensions with the United States, a rising number of Canadian business leaders fear an economic crisis is looming and are looking to other countries to offset the impact, according to the latest L\u00e9ger survey conducted exclusively for Financial Post.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n
The survey revealed that nearly 88 per cent of senior business leaders are worried about inflation as a result of the trade war (a nine per cent increase from February\u2019s poll), and 85 per cent are concerned Canada\u2019s economy could slide into a recession.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n
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