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The deceptive allure of ‘Ontario First’
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
Nov 24 2010
Ontario faces a period of fiscal austerity, making it much less amenable to supporting federal programs that in its view treat Ontario unfairly… The forthcoming struggle over new fiscal arrangements runs the risk of presenting the federal system as a zero-sum game… Ontario, rather than redefining itself simply as Ontario First, could play a much more constructive role if it also presented serious new ideas on how governments at all levels could improve both the economic future of Canada through innovation and strengthen the concept of social citizenship.. in all parts of Canada
Tags: budget, ideology, rights, standard of living
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Canadians can’t afford to lose productivity race
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Mar 31 2010
Canada’s social agenda… is hostage to a more innovative economy…. As Dodge put it, with improved wealth creation we can have a more caring Canada, but without more wealth creation there’s not much we can do for the vulnerable members of our society. That is the most important message out of the Liberal thinkers’ conference.
Tags: standard of living
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