With Bill C-39, is ‘nostalgia’ a strategy after all?

The prime minister famously said 'nostalgia is not a strategy,' and yet the roots of his government’s economic strategy seem to lie in a nostalgia for an earlier, mythical age of prosperity and economic development facilitated by the absence of rules related to the environment, and public health and safety.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's government seems prepared to declare there are no federal rules with respect to the environment that cannot be modified or set aside in or order to attract ‘investment’ to Canada, and facilitate rapid project approvals.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MARK WINFIELD

September 30, 2026

Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent visit to Europe was a diplomatic triumph for Canada culminating in an offer of "associate" member status with the European Union from E...

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