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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, and People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Cynthia Munster

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

October 7, 2019

TORONTO—All the political parties are competing in this election for new ways to spend money, claiming their goal is to make life more affordable for Canadians. Yet none has much to say about addressing the real barriers to rising incomes for the great majority of Canadians. Instead, they offer la...

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