It’s the economic anxiety, stupid

As the economy weakens, the Liberals are doubling down on ripping the safety net into tatters. These realities will usher in more civil discontent, which will lead to political turmoil.
How long it will take Prime Minister Mark Carney to wear this economic angst politically is to be determined—if he wears it at all, writes Erica Ifill.

CALGARY—The good times are officially over. That high standard of living we as Canadians enjoyed will no longer be. And it’s not because of immigrants, or the left, or “wokeness.” No, it’s the bureaucratic austerity approach that—even though those policies

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