Read through the list of resolutions bubbling up at this weekend’s Liberal policy convention, and you’ll realize there’s a subtext: big spending is a virtue.
The party’s grassroots are looking for public transit, regional development, affordable housing, onshoring of manufacturing, high-speed internet, clean energy, infrastructure, high-speed rail and high-speed internet.
And then there are the big-ticket recommendations: pharmacare for all, and a universal basic income for all too.They’re proposed in the name of improving the quality of life in Canada, post-pandemic and in the longer run too. Nary a mention is made of who will pay the bill.A massive expansion of […]
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