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OTTAWA 鈥?While it obvious the NDP is down at the moment, former leader Ed Broadbent said Thursday he confident of a revival 鈥?thanks in large part to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.Trudeau decision to abandon a Liberal pledge on electoral reform is just one of many political opportunities f
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starbucks stanley cup inequality by failing to increase capital gains taxes in the most recent federal budget, Broadbent said, pointing to remarks Trudeau made in Hamburg, Germany where the prime minister suggested leaders need to get real ; about tackling the issue.When companies post record profits on the backs of workers consistently refused full-time work 鈥?and the job security that comes with it 鈥?people get defeated, Trudeau told business leaders in the February address. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Increasingly, inequality has made citizens distrust their governments, distrust their employers. It turns into us versus them ;.Broadbent said he suspects Trudeau b Xuqv New condo sales drop by 85% 鈥?but GTA prices hit record high
OTTAWA鈥擳he Liberal government took unprecedented measures to slow the sp
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stanley cup 1988, the War Measures Act was replaced with the Emergencies Act, which has yet to be used. It can do things like regulate 鈥?travel to and from a specific area, if thats necessary to protect health. It could allow the government to evacuate persons and remove personal property from a specified area, it can requisition any property, said Leah West, a Carleton University p
