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Canada is rich – and cheap
Monday, December 9th, 2019
Canada is the third-richest country in the G7 and the best in class with government finances… [On military spending or Official Development Assistance] Whether Ottawa likes or doesn’t like input or output measures, or GDP or GNI ratios… these are measures of burden sharing… That was the essence of Mr. Trump’s criticism of Canada this week at the NATO Summit.
Tags: budget, economy, globalization, ideology
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The audacity of fear
Sunday, August 29th, 2010
Aug 29 2010
The blunders, overreaches and angry partisanship that characterize the Harper government in the minds of progressives, certainly limit their electoral growth potential, but seem to have no effect in eroding that solid third of Canadians who are motivated by the fear narrative… The antidote — the only way to undercut the fear narrative and erode its appeal — is through the politics of hope. In contrast to the fear narrative — which is about securing and protecting what we already have today — the hope narrative is about making us better than we are today.
Tags: economy, ideology
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