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Thank the bank but hold the standing ovation
by Greg MacDougall and Steve Saunders As Ottawa’s winter slowly transitions to spring, and a young Senators team tantalizes fans with glimpses of a promising future, hockey fans debate the relative merits of Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews and Patrick Kane as winner of the Hart Memorial trophy, emblematic of the
Democracy Watch calls for update on SNC-Lavalin prosecution
In February, 2019, the SNC-Lavalin scandal erupted and upended Canadian politics—for a moment. After a six-month-long investigation, Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion concluded Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alone had exerted undue pressure on Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould to defer criminal prosecution of the construction company SNC-Lavalin. Though Dion’s report concluded that
Star candidates surface in run-up to next federal election
Depending on who you talk to, Canada has either navigated the current COVID-19 crisis relatively well or the country is heading towards an economic sinkhole for which we may never recover. The truth is probably somewhere in between. The Trudeau government COVID-19 spending spree is more than worrisome. Parliamentary Budget
It’s time to shorten the Cabinet bench
The NHL Stanley Cup playoffs are scheduled to start in two weeks, and we’ll soon hear sportscasters expounding on players’ performances: plumbers – not the best players but those that will go into the corners and do the dirty work; floaters – often the most talented players but not the
Meet Mario Dion – Canada’s overpaid political eunuch
From left: Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion and Ottawa West Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld Mario Dion is a career Civil Servant with an undistinguished record whose previous work was scorned by Canada’s former auditor general in 2014. He found that Dion was responsible for the “gross mismanagement” in two separate case files
Liberal budget loopholes allow Canada’s biggest businesses to evade billions in taxes annually
Did you know, 102 of Canada's biggest businesses evaded paying $62.9 billion in taxes in the past 6 years alone? Today, non-partisan citizen advocacy organization, Democracy Watch, joins over 32,000 Canadians who have signed a petition calling on Finance Minister Bill Morneau to make key changes so that Canada's big businesses and banks pay
Where there is too much, something is missing
By David Pfrimmer When I was an economics student many years ago, the last living student of John Maynard Keynes and noted economist Joan Robinson gave a lecture to a packed hall. During the question period, one smart aleck student asked, "Why should anyone study economics?" After a prolonged pause,
How many PhDs, engineers and lawyers do we need to create a growth economy in Canada?
By Nobina Robinson At a conference in Ottawa last fall, where speakers included Finance Minister Bill Morneau, Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains, and Growth Council Chair Dominic Barton, a challenge was laid on the table. We live in a low-growth world, and Canada is not immune. We’ve experienced sluggish growth for
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