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Tag Archives: Justin Trudeau

Trudeau's Canada - Low achievement, high self-esteem: Philip Cross in the Financial Post

We feel very good about ourselves — but for no apparent reason, writes Philip Cross in the Financial Post. Below is an excerpt...

 

February 26, 2021 at 2:17 pm read more

Justin Trudeau just doesn't get liberalism: Kaveh Shahrooz in the National Post

Contrary to what Trudeau seems to believe, our free speech laws are drafted not to prevent hurt feelings, or impose respect. They exist...

 

November 3, 2020 at 2:31 pm read more

Trump’s beggar-thy-neighbour trade strategy is anything but foolish: Leuprecht and Bradbury in the Globe

Along with the EU and China, Canada is falling right into Mr. Trump’s bilateral trade-negotiation trap, write Christian Leuprecht and Roger Bradbury. By Christian Leuprecht...

 

June 6, 2018 at 3:29 pm read more

With Trans Mountain, the Liberals will suffer the 'social licence' whirlwind they've sowed: Brian Lee Crowley in The Financial Post

The Liberals have enacted new regulatory burdens and standards, carbon taxes and emissions caps for the oilsands in exchange for the environmental vote,...

 

May 30, 2018 at 7:41 pm read more

The opportunities for Aboriginal prosperity in Canada are many: Coates and Paul in Toronto Sun

The Trudeau government has cleared the way for innovative approaches to Indigenous policy-making. Now it’s time to step aside and allow autonomy, business...

 

April 26, 2018 at 4:33 pm read more

Inside Policy, March 2018: Canada and Trade: Can we live without NAFTA?

  OTTAWA, ON (March 26, 2018): MLI’s 2018 Canada-US dinner was a tremendous success. It could not have been timelier, given that so...

 

March 26, 2018 at 4:09 pm read more

What's the best model for fiscal reform? Speer in Inside Policy

Any government aiming to enact fiscal reform is predictably focused on a basic question: How can it achieve meaningful and durable fiscal savings...

 

March 22, 2018 at 6:40 pm read more

Running deficits in the Liberals’ playbooks: Speer in the Province

Rarely, if ever, was deficit spending viewed as an end in itself, writes Speer in the Province. By Sean Speer, March 20, 2018...

 

March 20, 2018 at 5:14 pm read more
Sean Speer, US deficit, deficit reduction

What's the source of the federal deficit?: Speer for Inside Policy

A post-budget debate has ensued about the source of Ottawa’s deficits, writes Sean Speer for Inside Policy. By Sean Speer, March 6, 2018...

 

March 6, 2018 at 3:04 pm read more
Trudeau and Morneau Budget 2018 presentation

We need a more focused debate on how government can better manage fiscal risks: Speer in the Telegraph-Journal

Regarding last week's federal budget, readers will hear plenty about revenue and spending growth, debt-to-GDP ratios, and other metrics and measurements used to argue...

 

March 5, 2018 at 3:10 pm read more
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    It's frustrating that Canada’s education sector prefers to impoverish Canada and its culture while bloating its own payrolls, writes Richard C. Owens in...

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  • If I were finance minister: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post

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    This article is part of a series by the Financial Post Comment. With next week’s federal budget fast approaching, FP Comment asked its...

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    OTTAWA, ON (April 15, 2021): The world is waking up to the nature of a crony capitalist enterprise operating as a government in...

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  • Is the Canadian Government Prepared to Stand up to Beijing? Margaret McCuaig-Johnston for the Prospect Foundation

    Columns, Dragon at the Door, Foreign Affairs, Indo-Pacific, Inside Policy, Latest News, Recent News

    It is clear that Canada must develop more courage and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with other liberal democracies to confront Beijing’s aggression. Canada needs more...

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EP. 63 - Where Hong Kong Stands Now with Sharon Hom, Alvin Y.H. Cheung, and Ai-Men Lau

Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Pod Bless Canada · Ep. 63 - Where Hong Kong Stands Now with Sharon Hom, Alvin Y.H. Cheung, and Ai-Men Lau...

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