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      Let's Not Be Duped Again By Deficit Hawks Peddling Austerity

      Let's Not Be Duped Again By Deficit Hawks Peddling Austerity

      We could actually be on our way to a very different and promising future. But, count on it, the deficit hawks will soon be circling menacingly overhead, hell-bent on preventing any diversion from the austerity they’ve confined us to for decades.

      Linda Mcquaig
      May 20, 2020

      Slowly, cautiously, the deficit hawks are daring to come out of the shadows.

      These are the well-heeled folks, from conservative think-tanks and political circles, who for decades have successfully pushed governments to impose austerity and social spending cuts on the rest of us, in the name of keeping government deficits small.

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      Jason Kenney Treated with Kid-Gloves, Indigenous Protestors with Assault Rifles

      Jason Kenney Treated with Kid-Gloves, Indigenous Protestors with Assault Rifles

      The hardball tactics are alarming

      Linda Mcquaig
      Feb 15, 2020

      I want to start by turning myself into Jason Kenney's investigators.

      I admit to being against further oilsands development, making me a person of interest to the sleuths in Kenney's $30-million "war-room" who are tasked with vilifying oilsands critics. Of course, they're really hoping to unmask "foreign-funded special interests," and I don't have a single dollar of foreign backing. Still, I do what I can!

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      'Good Riddance': Canada's Stephen Harper Bids Adieu to Politics, Hello to Consulting

      'Good Riddance': Canada's Stephen Harper Bids Adieu to Politics, Hello to Consulting

      Former prime minister made resignation announcement Friday

      Andrea Germanos
      Aug 26, 2016

      As expected, former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced his resignation from Parliament, saying that he's now gearing up for "for the next chapter of my life."

      That chapter, as the Toronto Starreports, includes "launching a global consulting business."

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