OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper joined with premiers in a rare show of unity yesterday by promising to speed up spending on roads, bridges and other public works to help Canadians weather a gathering economic storm.

Facing a grab bag of requests from territorial and provincial leaders to cushion the economy from a battering, Mr. Harper also pledged at the end of a conciliatory three-hour get-together to review rules that force seniors to start cashing out their eroded retirement investments at age 71.

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