Yesterday’s Speech from the Throne marked a significant change of direction for the Government. Less evident is the highly tactical, transactional focus of previous priority setting throne speeches, intended to appeal to various segments of the population. The government now seems to be signalling it is prepared to follow a longer term approach – some might argue a more visionary approach – as it unveils a longer term economic policy agenda.
It is hard to believe that 2009 is almost over and 2010 is less than a month away. If you read the papers, there is a lot of talk about how ONLY last year Stephan Dion was leader of the Liberal Party and holding the PM’s Government hostage with the threat of a federal election. [...]
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