Canada Is A Northern European Welfare State

If We Start Thinking Simply Nationally, And We Start Having Policies That Try And Restrict The Benefits Only Within Our Borders, And Try And Implement Protectionist Measures As A Consequence, This Will Not Have The Effect We Need To Have On The Global Economy. And That's Ultimately The Global Economy That's Pulling Most Of Us Down, Particularly Countries Like Canada, That Aren't The Source Of These Current Economic Troubles.

America, And Particularly Your Conservative Movement, Is A Light And An Inspiration To People In This Country And Across The World.

Canada Remains Alienated From Its Allies, Shut Out Of The Reconstruction Process To Some Degree, Unable To Influence Events. There Is No Upside To The Position Canada Took.

We Have To Remember We're In A Global Economy. The Purpose Of Fiscal Stimulus Is Not Simply To Sustain Activity In Our National Economies, But To Help The Global Economy As Well, And That's Why It's So Critical That Measures In Those Packages Avoid Anything That Smacks Of Protectionism.

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