#’Avoid creating new permanent spending’

#’Avoid creating new permanent spending’

“#’Avoid creating new permanent spending’” Paul Wells: Earlier this year, Justin Trudeau gave his finance minister a mandate to avoid any new recurring spending. Here is a brief history of that doomed campaign. So here’s something. On Jan. 15, five months after she became finance minister, Chrystia Freeland received a mandate letter from Prime Minister…

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#What Biden’s climate leadership means for Canada

#What Biden’s climate leadership means for Canada

“#What Biden’s climate leadership means for Canada” Rick Smith: America is moving ahead with an ambitious plan that goes beyond talk. This would be a good moment for Canada, the climate laggard, to do something new. Rick Smith is Executive Director of the Broadbent Institute and co-author of two best-selling books on the impact of…

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#Trudeau and Biden: Getting to know all about you

#Trudeau and Biden: Getting to know all about you

“#Trudeau and Biden: Getting to know all about you” Justin Trudeau’s Jan. 26 phone conversation with John Kerry, the Biden administration’s new Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, was overshadowed by calls the prime minister made earlier (to Joe Biden, two days after the inauguration) and later (to Vice-President Kamala Harris, on Feb. 1.) But if…

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#The hits and misses of Canada’s pandemic response

#The hits and misses of Canada’s pandemic response

“#The hits and misses of Canada’s pandemic response” Tom Mulcair: There have been moments of brilliance in handling this crisis. But too often bad leadership and sniping have got in the way of good common sense. Competence, ability, experience, expertise, know-how… When all is said and done, when the last arm has received a vaccination,…

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