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William Watson: Green shoots of hope among fall’s goblins and other horrors

William Watson: Green shoots of hope among fall’s goblins and other horrors

Fall is not a hopeful season. The word itself — fall — is not hopeful. In most of Canada the leaves flare up wonderfully before … falling....

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William Watson: What I’m hoping for in the federal budget and elsewhere

William Watson: What I’m hoping for in the federal budget and elsewhere

Budget hopes. What am I hoping for in today’s federal budget? What I always hope for: A credible plan to balance the budget and reduce the...

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William Watson: Markets will help NEETs more than governments can

William Watson: Markets will help NEETs more than governments can

For Canadians of a certain age, the term “Neet” evokes memories of TV commercials for the cream depilatory of that name, though I learn from...

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William Watson: Ottawa needs to inventory its walking-dead policies

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William Watson: A house repeatedly riven by secessionism cannot stand

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William Watson: Is an Economist cover peak Carney?

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William Watson: Carney should take his own no-meddling advice

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William Watson: What Statistics Canada data said one day in October

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William Watson: What Ottawa should give Quebec is benign neglect

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William Watson: Maybe AI can help solve language stupidities

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William Watson: Some points about tipping tipping-points

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William Watson: Pro sports will save the idea of globalization

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William Watson: Canada truly strong would stay out of Europe

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William Watson: We should not sign free trade’s death warrant

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William Watson: We need Amazonian productivity improvement

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William Watson: Let's see the last draft. Inquiring voters want to know

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William Watson: Fact-checking the Canada-U.S. word grenades

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William Watson: Carney not signing trade deal was good, war talk wasn't

Support industries affected by Trump's tariffs, but retaliation does us no good

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William Watson: 'Free' but dumb vs. freedom

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William Watson: Let’s make a deal

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William Watson: Who isn’t 'far-right' about mass beach invasions?

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William Watson: 'One fogey, one vote' is seniors’ hill to die on

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William Watson: A couple of things we could learn from the British

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William Watson: Conservatives should stay conservative

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William Watson: Remember, Trump too will pass

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William Watson: TACO Trump vs. CAFE Carney — Carney Always Funds Everything

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William Watson: Why we need 'Econ for MPs'

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William Watson: A beautiful neoliberal game

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William Watson: PMs shouldn’t be for turning — much

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William Watson: To get graft out of government, get government out of business

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William Watson: Our discontent is about freedom

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William Watson: Stop spinning us with our own money

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William Watson: Universities should not do pro sports

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William Watson: Hello, Canada. We’ll survive without HNIC on CBC

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William Watson: Enough with the numerical targets already!

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William Watson: It’s amazing they haven’t tried to ban hockey yet

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William Watson: Six degrees of separation anxiety

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William Watson: Hubris meets humbug with government AI 'strategy'

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William Watson: Is 'wed thy neighbour' a problem for policy?

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William Watson: Let’s cut back on the circuses spending

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William Watson: Trump chickens out on beef tariff cuts

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William Watson: Let’s GoFundIt: Toonies for two-four (Sussex Drive)

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William Watson: Is it NATO’s new Canadian bank that's rattling Putin?

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William Watson: If I were an Albertan, I’d resent central Canada, too

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William Watson: Do we really need a policy a day from Ottawa?

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William Watson — The Carney rule: If you find a dollar, spend it

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William Watson: Why price discrimination shouldn't bother you

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William Watson: Foreign investment isn't key. Business investment is

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William Watson: Carney’s 'forward guidance' is mainly 'backward spinning'

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William Watson: Politicians are no better investors than the rest of us

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