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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, left, called last week's Throne Speech from the federal Liberals a 'fantasy plan' that ignored the needs of his province. Conservative Party Leader Erin O'Toole said the government's Throne Speech promises threatened to 'bankrupt' the country.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

September 28, 2020

HALIFAX—Justin Trudeau has received a lot of kicks in the pants during his nearly five years as prime minister. I know, I delivered quite a few of them myself. The Mr. Dress-Up tour of India; the disgraceful treatment of former cabinet ministers Jodie Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott during the ...

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