TORONTO (AP) -- Canada's prime minister said Thursday he will use the country's relatively good financial standing to extol the virtues of open markets and disciplined fiscal policy at meeting of G-20 world leaders next week.Prime Minister Stephen Harper said selective but not massive improvements to economic policy are among the ideas he'll float in Washington as G-20 look for ways to revamp the global financial system.
"I think these are ways that we can be a voice for positive change that will move us forward," Harper said. "Canada is, I think, recognized as having entered this period with a pretty good set of policies."
Harper said he will advocate open markets, clear monetary targets to keep inflation under control, and fiscal policy that keeps taxes down and spending manageable, all backed by a strong regulatory system.
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