Opinion
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Divorce NDP Style
The NDP decision to end their agreement to support the minority Liberal government (the “Supply and Confidence Agreement”) is more about political positioning for the ... Read more
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Sometimes It’s Not Just a By-election…
We Won, They Lost No one was more surprised by last night’s victory than my fellow Conservatives. When St. Paul’s boundaries were redrawn 1996 the ... Read more
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Perspectives on Federal Budget 2024
Budget 2024: Lots of Everything all at Once Barry Campbell There is always a political calculus behind a Budget. Where a government is in the ... Read more
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The Toronto Mayoral Election That Was: An Analysis
One day after the New York Times wrote a piece saying that Toronto had gone from ‘a city that works’ to a ‘city in crisis’ ... Read more
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Toronto’s Mayoral Race: Good Morning, Toronto
Next Tuesday morning Toronto will awake to a new mayor. And, if all the polling is accurate, that mayor will be Olivia Chow. The notion ... Read more
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Crypto Won’t Stay Dead: A Conundrum for Regulators and Central Bankers. An Opportunity for Canada.
The demise of “crypto exchange” FTX (only a short time ago), and the resulting collapse in the value of crypto, may have been greeted by ... Read more
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Budget 2023: Big Spending To Placate The NDP and Confront A Competitive And Dangerous World
The NDP are the big winners in Budget 2023. The Liberals have delivered what the NDP needs to continue to shore up the Minority Liberals: ... Read more
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Ontario Budget 2023: A Budget for Uncertain Times
The Ford government released its 2023 Fiscal Plan with very little of the “pre-conditioning” announcements that have been de rigueur for governments of all stripes ... Read more
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The Federal Mini Budget: Keeping Their Powder Dry, Not So Much
The federal government delivered a Fall Economic Statement this week. These Statements have morphed into ‘mini budgets’ full of pricey ‘goodies’ that used to be ... Read more