A disturbance in the Throne Speech continuum
For comment on the Governor General’s contribution to the Speech from the Throne, we turn to a professor of philosophy of physics
John Geddes
John Geddes is Ottawa bureau chief at Maclean’s and has covered federal politics and policy for more than two decades. He also writes regularly about art.
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