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William Watson: Ottawa’s 'non-market' housing policies won’t work

William Watson: Ottawa’s 'non-market' housing policies won’t work
yesterday 10

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William Watson: For rampant investment, rule of law beats cabinet rule

William Watson: For rampant investment, rule of law beats cabinet rule
tuesday 8

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William Watson: No one really knows how much labour to let in

William Watson: No one really knows how much labour to let in
11.09.2025 10

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William Watson: Canada and the U.S. are joined at the hip-hop

William Watson: Canada and the U.S. are joined at the hip-hop
09.09.2025 10

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William Watson: Trump is why 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' is a thing

William Watson: Trump is why 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' is a thing
04.09.2025 10

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William Watson: My list of good things Trump has done

William Watson: My list of good things Trump has done
02.09.2025 10

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William Watson: Show us the business case for the new mega-projects

William Watson: Show us the business case for the new mega-projects
28.08.2025 10

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William Watson: Trump may be providing the creative destruction we need

26.08.2025 10

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William Watson: The 'post-American world economy' will be a grim place

21.08.2025 10

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William Watson: Any help for tariff-hit firms needs to be temporary

14.08.2025 10

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William Watson: Economic forecasters, beware Donald Trump’s personality penalty

12.08.2025 10

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William Watson: A lament for the postwar trading system

07.08.2025 10

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William Watson: Tell Canadians: What does the U.S. want and what won’t we give?

05.08.2025 10

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William Watson: AI predicts Trump tariffs will raise U.S. prices

01.08.2025 10

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William Watson: Government-managed trade is sure to fail again

31.07.2025 4

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William Watson: Government-managed trade is sure to fail again

29.07.2025 10

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William Watson: All checks, no balances here in Nastyland

24.07.2025 10

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William Watson: Our better-funded military will need to be more lethal

22.07.2025 10

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William Watson: To save Canada Post, how about supply management?

15.07.2025 10

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William Watson: Liberal MPs won’t rebel, U.K. Labour-style, so cut away, Carney 

10.07.2025 7

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William Watson: We need to be less desperate for a deal with Trump

08.07.2025 8

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William Watson: New research finds that sleep trumps social justice

26.06.2025 10

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William Watson: Canada strong? On farm cartels, Canada pitiful

24.06.2025 10

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William Watson: Whisky, tobacco, butter and Liberal capabilities

12.06.2025 10

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William Watson: Do good pipelines make good nations? 

10.06.2025 10

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William Watson: Economically, COVID was a one-shock stop

03.06.2025 20

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William Watson: Carney’s throne speech ventriloquism was a little too obvious

29.05.2025 10

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William Watson: The throne speech should be short, sweet and backward-looking

27.05.2025 10

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William Watson: Chatbots are changing everything and nothing

22.05.2025 10

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William Watson: Get the Ozempic! Cabinet has grown by almost two-thirds in two months

15.05.2025 10

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William Watson: Free trade is being replaced by crony trade

13.05.2025 10

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William Watson: Carney survives Trump’s BS and bile

08.05.2025 10

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William Watson: In economic policy, Mr. Carney, humble is as humble does

06.05.2025 10

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William Watson: We're a long way away from one person-one vote

01.05.2025 10

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William Watson: Lessons from the election campaign, whoever won

29.04.2025 10

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William Watson: This election’s 10 dumbest economic proposals

24.04.2025 10

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William Watson: If you’re thinking of voting Liberal, read their platform first

24.04.2025 20

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William Watson: Poilievre’s Trump problem is overrated

10.04.2025 10

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William Watson: What did Saint-Pierre and Miquelon ever do to you, Mr. President?

08.04.2025 10

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William Watson: Our goal should still be access to the U.S. market

02.04.2025 10

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William Watson: Don’t give up on the U.S. market just yet

01.04.2025 10

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William Watson: Equal-time leaders' debates are unfair to voters

27.03.2025 10

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William Watson: To raise productivity, let Canadians profit from it 

26.03.2025 10

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William Watson: 51st state? With the 47th president? No thanks, eh

20.03.2025 10

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William Watson: Let’s not build pipelines to nowhere just to annoy Trump

18.03.2025 10

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William Watson: Do we fight Trump to our last sacred cow?

13.03.2025 10

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William Watson: One thing the election won’t be about — how to handle Trump

11.03.2025 10

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William Watson: Trump's tariff reciprocity could be OK for us

06.03.2025 10

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William Watson: Let's hope Poilievre 'cuts, cuts, cuts.' Someone’s going to have to

04.03.2025 10

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William Watson: Elites and populists are both right and wrong about each other

27.02.2025 10

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