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- Canadians over 60 are the most powerful voting bloc but are largely insulated from economic struggles faced by average Canadians, according to Hamm.
- Columnist Cosh criticizes the prime minister for making knowingly false statements, expecting the issue to be drowned out by media distractions and political attacks.
- American dignitaries were excluded from a Canadian ribbon-cutting event due to President Trump’s threat of 50% tariffs on Canadian exports.
- A study ranked Canada as the 14th most expensive country in the world to purchase happiness.
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Canadians over age 60 “are plainly the most powerful voting bloc in Canada — and they are also the most out of touch with the struggles of the average Canadian, largely insulated, by economic privilege, from the fallout of our Liberal Lost Decade,” Hamm argues.
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“I am afraid I know the answer,” writes Cosh. “The prime minister anticipated that flatly false statements, statements he must have known to be false, would quickly be obscured by Canadian strategic navel-gazing … and by the usual ‘Conservatives pounce!’ news framing of the issue.”
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While many members of the media from Michigan attended the ribbon cutting, American dignitaries were excluded from the celebration after President Donald Trump’s latest threat of 50 per cent tariffs on many Canadian exports.
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The study, which aimed to determine the price of happiness by country, determined that Canada is the 14th most expensive nation in the world to purchase joy.
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