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NEW: High Tax, Low Return: Matt Gurney on What Canada Is Actually Getting for Its Money
Canada's trade surplus is real and Matt Gurney will take it. He just wants to be honest about what it is: a bounce from external conditions, not a sign that the structural problems are solved.
The economy is showing resilience where it could be shrinking. By international standards, Canadians pay a significant amount of tax. Matt Gurney says the honest look at what that tax is producing, infrastructure that is crumbling, hundreds of billions in deferred maintenance, a healthcare system in acknowledged crisis, and a military not capable of its assigned role, is a picture of a country that has…
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