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Maxime Bernier: Give Keynes the boot

Tax and spend policies have zero effect on total demand Since the beginning of the economic crisis in 2007, Keynesianism is back into fashion. One of John Maynard Keynes’s central ideas is that when you find yourself in a crisis … Continue reading

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Stockland: Conservative movement in Quebec is rising (1)

As usual, Calgary author Ezra Levant said it best without perhaps fully appreciating the significance of what he’d just said. “The average age would not be 25 for a right-wing event in Alberta,” Levant told about 500 conservatives gathered in … Continue reading

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New Quebec political movement looking to capture right wing imagination

QUEBEC – Quebec’s version of the right-wing U.S. Tea Party will pour its first cup of political brew with a brainstorming session on Saturday that has attracted several high-profile politicians. But Reseau Liberte-Quebec doesn’t aim to become a political party, … Continue reading

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Stop giving $36B a year to the provinces: Bernier

In a speech at the Albany Club in Toronto on Wednesday, Conservative MP Maxime Bernier argued that federal transfers to the provinces — especially in health and education — are inefficient, if not simply unconstitutional. He proposed to replace them … Continue reading

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Intrusive questions

My government’s decision to put an end to the compulsory long census questionnaire has been attacked from all sides in the past few days. Most of the country’s editorial boards have denounced it. Almost no organisation has publicly supported it. … Continue reading

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Outsider: Maxime Bernier’s blunt words rile Quebecers

Stencilled in bold letters on the wall in Maxime Bernier’s Parliament Hill office is the French definition of liberté. “To act and think without any physical or moral constraint,” it says. “The state of a person who is not captive.” … Continue reading

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Bernier challenges climate science (2)

While the Harper government has been widely criticized for its stance on climate change, it has not questioned the science behind international negotiations. And, notably, the government signed the agreement negotiated at the Copenhagen conference and has submitted its emission … Continue reading

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