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Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

July 10, 2017

TORONTO—Our prime minister loves to hang out with the Big Tech world. Google opens a big new software lab in Waterloo and Justin Trudeau is there. Amazon opens a big new warehouse and distribution centre in Brampton and Trudeau is there. In China, Trudeau hangs in with Jack Ma, the founder of the ...

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