PM on a high-stakes mission, set against idyllic backdrops

Trudeau's PMO and senior ministers are preoccupied with the firms and the entrepreneurs who get their start in Canada and make their fortune elsewhere. They're concerned about recent raiding expeditions by Google and others to recruit Canadian leaders in the field of artificial intelligence.

Four big themes will drive Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's economic policy through next year's budget: innovation, infrastructure, immigration and foreign investment. Where will the money come from? Mr. Trudeau has been talking to executives at Blackrock, the world's largest asset manager, which controls $5-trillion in investments worldwide, writes Paul Wells. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY PAUL WELLS

August 1, 2016

The appointment was right there July 22 in Justin Trudeau's public itinerary, which the Prime Minister's Office sends daily to every Ottawa reporter who cares to sign up. "The prime minister will attend the Dock Innovators Retreat," it said. "Closed to media." Attend the what? Googling the mysteri...

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