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applegrove

(123,680 posts) Fri Jan 5, 2018, 07:45 PM Jan 2018

Liberals hatch plan to stop Trumpism: fix income inequality [View all]

https://www.thestar.com/amp/opinion/star-columnists/2018/01/05/liberals-hatch-plan-to-stop-trumpism-fix-income-inequality.html?__twitter_impression=true

By SUSAN DELACOURT at the Toronto Star

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In The Economist’s special New Year’s issue, “The World in 2018,” Freeland has penned an article about how Canada plans to battle global trends toward nationalism and protectionism.

She calls it “progressive internationalism” and describes how Canada will be pursuing this idea in 2018 on two tracks: internationally, in the realms of human rights, immigration and freer trade; and domestically, with fairer taxation and improved labour standards here in Canada.

The two tracks work together, Freeland says. Canadians won’t support immigration, rights and trade if they feel they’re paying an unfair price at home.

“Progressive trade is not a feint or a frill,” she writes. “It is fundamental to the furtherance of a trading system that will enjoy popular support.”

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Liberals hatch plan to stop Trumpism: fix income inequality [View all] applegrove Jan 2018 OP

Sounds good in theory True Dough Jan 2018 #1

Kind of implies income inequality in the US made voters turn on each other applegrove Jan 2018 #2

Very progressive concept by minister Chrystia Freeland. I first learned of her appalachiablue Jan 2018 #3

Cept she's been fighting for the rights of the 1% since being elected Cedar_son Jan 2018 #5

Gimme a break, Delacourt is a Liberal stooge and you can't count on anything from Freeland Cedar_son Jan 2018 #4

You know that inequality is decreasing in canada as we speak and that applegrove Jan 2018 #6

Ha! Unless it's the trusts belonging to their finance minister. Cedar_son Jan 2018 #7

Morneau cleared of both counts. He did not do anything illegal. applegrove Jan 2018 #8

Pfff. By an ethics commissioner who has barely found a single thing wrong with anything Cedar_son Jan 2018 #9

I love the liberals. I'm voting for them again. No amount of put on disgust applegrove Jan 2018 #10

How about some reality? Cedar_son Jan 2018 #11

Liberals have changed development aid agenda to focus on women and applegrove Jan 2018 #12

Yes. It's that kind of token gesture they do to fool people Cedar_son Jan 2018 #13

It is a huge gesture. applegrove Jan 2018 #14

It's not that huge, considering our foreign aid has actually shrunk under Trudeau Cedar_son Jan 2018 #15

I'm done. applegrove Jan 2018 #16

Of course you are. You're hearing the truth about trudeau and it's uncomfortable. Cedar_son Jan 2018 #17