Lessons from Throne Speeches past: Don’t believe the hype
Tom Parkin: Far from a ’road map for government’, past throne speeches from the PM have been packed with promises for things that never happened
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Tom Parkin
Tom Parkin is a political commentator with a social democratic perspective who has worked in politics in Ontario and Saskatchewan and in the Canadian labour movement. Contact Tom on twitter at @Tom_Parkin_.
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