Erin Weir

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Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland has left the option wide open: ‘We welcome ideas from all Canadians on what should and should not be in our retaliation list’

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Attack by association

The Saskatchewan Party has released an ad that uses Thomas Mulcair to attack the candidates for leader of the provincial NDP.

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‘Have you ever been a member of the NDP party?’

Erin Weir, an economist with the United Steelworkers, sends along the following video of his appearance before the finance committee last night.

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The donut speech, fact checked (IV)

Erin Weir goes to Tim Hortons’ regulatory filings in search of the motivating factors of corporate tax breaks.

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The donut speech, fact checked (III)

Back, once more, to the matter of the Prime Minister, Tim Hortons and the donut speech. Here is how an item posted on the Conservative party’s website described the news.

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The donut speech, fact checked (II)

In addition to his letter to the editor, Erin Weir blogs a more expansive take on the Prime Minister’s donut speech. There he digs up the original Tim Hortons take on the company’s triumphant return.

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The donut speech, fact checked

Erin Weir, an economist with the United Steelworkers, writes in to the Toronto Star to quibble slightly with the apparent joy expended on Tim Hortons’ return to Canada.