Exploring Canada’s lost decade; unions back anti-separatist petition in Alberta; and more

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The 13 charts that prove the lost Liberal decade

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Just how much worse have things become since Justin Trudeau’s Liberals took power in 2015? Take a look as Jesse Kline examines Canada’s lost decade through 13 economic indicators.

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Labour unions were major third-party advertisers behind Alberta’s anti-separatist petition

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Two of Alberta’s biggest unions advertised in favour of a petition to keep the province in Canada, spending more than 40 times those of the organizations who backed Alberta’s pro-separatist effort.

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Mark Carney announces sovereign wealth fund ahead of spring economic update

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Carney has not yet said how he plans to initially finance the Canada Strong Fund which is designed to give Canadians an investment stake in domestic major projects, alongside private sector investors.

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Liberals are ‘hijacking’ the Charter, says Canada’s last living framer of the Constitution: Full Comment podcast

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Former Newfoundland premier Brian Peckford, who was there during negotiations for the Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms, explains why Ottawa’s attempts to override the notwithstanding clause are unconstitutional and why the Supreme Court has no authority to weigh in on its use.

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NDP MP Boulerice to run for Quebec politics, sit as independent until the fall

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The move leaves the NDP with only five MPs in Ottawa and means the Liberals will have to wait several months before they can call another byelection and try to increase their majority in the House of Commons.

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