January 28th 2025 - Border - The Hub

Just how permanent will Trump’s tariffs be?

Just how permanent will Trump’s tariffs be?

The answer to that key question will determine our strategic response As Canada prepares to respond to President Donald Trump’s tariff threats, we need to pay less attention to what he says and more attention to what he does. We…

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January 21st 2025 - Border - The Hub

Eliminate the GST—and other ways to respond to future Trump trade tariffs

Eliminate the GST—and other ways to respond to future Trump trade tariffs

The United States supplies half of Canada’s fruit, nuts, and vegetables. A 25 percent tariff on those imports would increase the cost of those imported fruits, nuts, and vegetables by 25 percent in less than a month (to let supply…

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December 30th 2024 - Archive - The Line

This year, I’m grateful to Trudeau and Singh for two-tier health care

This year, I’m grateful to Trudeau and Singh for two-tier health care

Instead of making the Canadian dental program look more like Canadian public health care, why don’t we do the reverse — move health care to the dental-plan model? Every year at Christmas time, The Line runs a series of articles…

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November 18th 2024 - Politics - The Line

Doug Ford sure looks like a conservative!

Doug Ford sure looks like a conservative!

A Conservative by any other metric would spend so sweet. A number of important conservative and other commentators have lamented Ontario’s departure from conservatism. Doug Ford, these folks argue, is not conservative. A key clue to Ford’s lack of conservative…

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November 7th 2024 - Politics -

Humility

Humility

Humility If anyone tells you what is going to happen, don’t believe them. That’s what we have been saying for weeks and what were saying on US election night. We were told it would be close. It was not. We…

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