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In the short run, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s government is for the most part facing a lose-lose proposition, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Even with COVID receding, economic decision-making not getting any easier

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON
  • As Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem has said, governments knew how to turn off the economy to try to slow the spread of the virus, but trying to figure out how to restart it properly is another matter.

Even with COVID receding, economic decision-making not getting any easier

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON
  • As Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem has said, governments knew how to turn off the economy to try to slow the spread of the virus, but trying to figure out how to restart it properly is another matter.

Liberal MPs will need two-thirds of election expenses raised by March to ward off nomination challenges

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Are the world’s conservatives learning the right economics lesson?

OpinionBY JOSEPH INGRAM
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A Goofy gaffe on the road to finding an authentic connection

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, and former Ontario premier Mike Harris. The 1997 disruption was the culmination of a bitter labour dispute between then-PC premier Harris and the province's teachers' unions. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Labour dispute between Ontario PC government and teachers may feel familiar, but it’s not 1997

OpinionBY MATT GURNEY
  • For many Ontario parents, a protracted, nasty dispute between a Progressive Conservative government and unionized educational workers might feel familiar because they've lived through one of those before. As students. But the issues are different today.

Labour dispute between Ontario PC government and teachers may feel familiar, but it’s not 1997

OpinionBY MATT GURNEY
  • For many Ontario parents, a protracted, nasty dispute between a Progressive Conservative government and unionized educational workers might feel familiar because they've lived through one of those before. As students. But the issues are different today.
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Meeting Canada’s conservation targets, with Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured Nov. 3, 2022, holding a press conference at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada needs a serious innovation-investment strategy, time is running out

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE
  • The most important way to fight inflation and to deliver a better country is by investment in research, training, branding, software, pursuits of new markets, business organizations and pursuing new knowledge.

Canada needs a serious innovation-investment strategy, time is running out

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE
  • The most important way to fight inflation and to deliver a better country is by investment in research, training, branding, software, pursuits of new markets, business organizations and pursuing new knowledge.

Defence committee to invite Anand for rare secret meeting on NORAD modernization

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Defence committee to invite Anand for rare secret meeting on NORAD modernization

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured Sep. 13, 2022, on the Hill. Alan Williams suggests Poilievre's Conservative MPs should focus on the massive shipbuilding contract instead of focusing on small 'gotcha' issues of the past. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Poilievre’s Conservatives should dig deep into $300-billion price tag for new Navy warships, not ‘gotcha’ issues of the past

OpinionBY ALAN WILLIAMS
  • The Government Operations and Estimates Committee is especially well-positioned to set the agenda and investigate critical defence matters as it is chaired by a member of the opposition party.

Poilievre’s Conservatives should dig deep into $300-billion price tag for new Navy warships, not ‘gotcha’ issues of the past

OpinionBY ALAN WILLIAMS
  • The Government Operations and Estimates Committee is especially well-positioned to set the agenda and investigate critical defence matters as it is chaired by a member of the opposition party.

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