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

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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 8

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

24.04.2025 10

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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 6

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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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William Watson: Return of the ugly American

26.02.2025 10

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William Watson: Our Trump transition plan should focus on safety nets

20.02.2025 10

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William Watson: Does our net export of hockey players mean U.S. tariffs are coming?

19.02.2025 10

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William Watson: Washington going policy-crazy doesn’t mean we should, too

11.02.2025 10

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William Watson: Please, no ministries of trade diversification

06.02.2025 4

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William Watson: The U.S. tariff order focuses on fentanyl. That's our off-ramp

04.02.2025 10

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William Watson: Thinking about tariffs can induce migraines

30.01.2025 6

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William Watson: Ottawa tells Amazon be more like Canada Post

28.01.2025 10

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William Watson: Beggar-thy-customer is a lousy idea Mr. Trump

23.01.2025 10

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William Watson: Compared with the U.S., our ship of state is barnacled with ministries

21.01.2025 10

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William Watson: Searching for ways to poke Trump in the eye 

16.01.2025 10

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William Watson: My plan for domestic political interference in the Liberal leadership race

14.01.2025 10

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William Watson: Make the states provinces, Donald, and be PM for life

11.01.2025 3

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William Watson: Trudeau was a consequential prime minister, alas

10.01.2025 10

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William Watson: Liberal GST holiday fiasco may lead to tax sanity

A change of leader, eventually of government, is the right time to shift the tax system toward simpler rules, broader bases and lower rates You can...

07.01.2025 7

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William Watson: Good news in 2025 would be governments saying 'No!'

Any new federal government needs to channel the Chrétien-Martin years and focus on spending restraint and fiscal responsibility You can save this...

02.01.2025 2

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Pierre Poilievre — take note of Liz Truss's ensnarement: How FP columnists saw it in 2024

Read excerpts from columns that appeared in July, August and September 2024 in FP Comment. This in the third instalment in a series You can save...

27.12.2024 5

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'Rich people pay lots of tax' and a 'woke' Statistics Canada: How FP columnists saw it in 2024

Read excerpts from columns that appeared in April, May and June 2024 in FP Comment. This in the second instalment in a series You can save this...

26.12.2024 3

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'Reality will continue to swamp the Liberal regime': How FP columnists saw it in 2024

Read excerpts from columns that appeared in January, February and March 2024 in FP Comment You can save this article by registering for free here....

24.12.2024 5

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William Watson: You’re a mean one, Mr. Trump!

In countering the tariff threat it's best not to go as Grinch-like as he does but rather stick with an approach true to our values You can save...

20.12.2024 5

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William Watson: If this is how America treats its friends …

Our goods-trade surplus with the U.S. is not them subsidizing us. If anything, it's the reverse: they send us paper and promises for goods You can...

18.12.2024 5

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William Watson: Show me the numbers in the prevention/cure trade-off

In health care and crime we're told to spend more attacking root causes. But how exactly will a policy improve results? You can save this article...

12.12.2024 6

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William Watson: The tragedy of the one-carry-on commons

The real problem with carry-on is that your ticket doesn't assign a defined space in the overhead bin. Property rights are urgently needed You can...

10.12.2024 4

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William Watson: Don't blame Canada for the U.S. trade deficit

It's not that big a deal. Plus we account for only seven per cent of it — five per cent if you add in services trade, as you should You can save...

05.12.2024 4

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William Watson: Trump, Trudeau and the art of the irrational deal

Starting negotiations with a Mar-a-Lago dinner at which you make nice and find out the price of removing the tariff threat isn't crazy You can save...

03.12.2024 4

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