Two questions all candidates should be asked: Who gains and at what cost?

Political parties’ candidates need to be asked in all-candidate meetings or debates a central question: If elected who would gain what benefits from what is being proposed? And who would bear what costs, and risks, and why?

VICTORIA, B.C.—The underlying issue for the federal election isn’t about voters endorsing political partisan statements to get votes for their party. The underlying issue for Canada’s future is what voters expect MPs and Senators to do after Oct. 19. At ...

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