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Carney looks more like Trudeau with every update: Full Comment podcast

Theyโ€™re blowing windfalls. Theyโ€™re setting up government agencies to subsidize favoured schemes. Theyโ€™re dithering on infrastructure. And they shrug at Canadaโ€™s uncompetitive tax regime. The policies of Prime Minister Mark Carneyโ€™s Liberals, confirmed in last weekโ€™s economic update, are increasingly giving off strong Justin Trudeau vibes, as Brian Lilley discusses with Ian Lee, professor at Carletonโ€™s Sprott School of Business, and Carlo Dade, at the University of Calgaryโ€™s School of Public Policy. They consider how, a year after getting re-elected on promises to undo the damage of Trudeauโ€™s devastating decade and make Canada more economically resilient, the Liberals seem to have no new playbook. And they warn of more destruction, particularly in the face of U.S. trade negotiations, if the party doesn't find one soon. (Recorded April 29, 2026.) Read More
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