Resolved: Wealth has too much power in Canada – May 9, 2013 at 7 PM

Resolved: Wealth has too much power in Canada
Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 7:00 PM
Location presented at the Barney Danson Theatre, Canadian War Museum, 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa ON K1A 0M8

 

Endless financial scandals, the Occupy movement, huge CEO salaries – has the time come to reassess our capitalist system and values? Is it time to cut the 1% down to size? Armine Yalnizyan, senior economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, goes head-to-head against William Watson, Professor of economics at McGill University and regular columnist in the National Post and Ottawa Citizen. The moderator for the evening is Canadian historian Jack Granatstein.

*Special addition: Debate evening includes private reception and access to the War Musem’s special exhibit.

 

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Note: The debates will be in English and simultaneous translation in French will be available courtesy of the Canadian War Museum.


 

CONTACT

For more information, please contact Robin Bourke, Office and Events Manager at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, at (613) 482-8327 ext. 101 or robin.bourke@macdonaldlaurier.ca.

 

 

 

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