Harper never had much of a Plan B for Canadian economy: David Crane

Its priority from the start has been to make Canada an ‘energy superpower,’ relying on aggressive development of the Alberta oil sands and pipelines to carry rising volumes of oil to U.S. and Asian markets, with the assumption this would generate strong growth, jobs and rising tax revenues.

TORONTO—The Harper government never had much of a Plan B for the Canadian economy and we are now paying the price. Its priority from the start has been to make Canada an “energy superpower,” relying on aggressive development of the Alberta oil sands and pipel...

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