Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is off on his summer retreat with business and policy leaders, talking about finance stuff all candidly and off-the-record like. But just what are they talking about? Well, some rather intrepid ATIPing by the Globe and Mail shows that last year, they talked about things like raising the retirement age, lowering wages, anti-union “right-to-work” legislation and two-tier healthcare. You know, all kinds of imported American Republican ideology that’s served that country so well.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel concluded her visit to Canada. The take-away message: “Yay trade!” Duly noted.
What’s that? The government is likely under “enormous pressure” from the US to buy the F-35 fighters? You don’t say!