Canada government advisory group to call for infrastructure bank: report

A Canadian government advisory group will this week recommend the creation of an infrastructure bank and urge increased immigration to stoke economic growth, the Globe and Mail reported on Wednesday. Citing unnamed sources, it said Finance Minister Bill Morneau's Advisory Council on Economic Growth will call for a 50 percent boost in immigration to 450,000 people annually over five years as well as easing the entry of highly skilled and entrepreneurial immigrants.