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Canoes, Maple Syrup and Tilley Hats: The Tory Vision for Canada’s Trading Future?
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- November 15, 2012
‘Hewers of wood and drawers of water’ – a familiar and shorthand description for Canadians’ historical economic bias towards natural resources, and a phrase used pejoratively to describe a ‘brand’ that we need to shed to compete in a global economy. While the Harper government has trumpeted Canada as an energy “superpower”, and sought new
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Obama’s Ohio Report
- Analysis
- November 8, 2012
My Ohioans did it again. In every election since 1964 (and almost every time since 1904), the winner of this state ended up taking the presidency – hence the clichés “America’s bellwether” and “as Ohio goes, so goes America”. Having spent six years of my life studying politics at The Ohio State University not so
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Libre-échange avec l’Europe : Le Québec n’a pas de véto
- Analysis
- November 2, 2012
Par Patrick Fafard et Patrick Leblond Bonne nouvelle en apparence. Contrairement à ce que plusieurs craignaient, le gouvernement de Madame Marois ne s’oppose pas à l’Accord économique et commercial global (AECG) que le Canada et l’Union européenne sont en train de négocier. En fait, il y est même favorable, en dépit des réserves exprimées par
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‘One is Entitled to One’s Opinion’: Prince Charles’s Letters
- Analysis
- November 1, 2012
The fracas over opinionated letters sent by Prince Charles to various British politicians and senior officials has broken out of the courts and into politics. The letters, which are understood to be frank in their advice on various subjects dear to the Prince’s heart, have been so frequent over the years that they have a
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