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Liberals ignoring promise for trade transparency as U.K. talks ‘commence,’ say critics

The Liberals had promised to give Parliamentarians greater oversight in trade negotiations in February to gain NDP support for the new NAFTA, but those agreed-upon changes have not been enacted.

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BY NEIL MOSS
October 7, 2020

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Liberals ignoring promise for trade transparency as U.K. talks ‘commence,’ say critics

The Liberals had promised to give Parliamentarians greater oversight in trade negotiations in February to gain NDP support for the new NAFTA, but those agreed-upon changes have not been enacted.

Could ‘mission government’ solve Ottawa’s delivery problems?

Liberals boost vote share in Saskatchewan, B.C.’s Lower Mainland, while Conservatives muscle in on GTA, southwestern Ontario

‘Trump isn’t interested in making a deal’: Carney’s fraught path towards U.S. trade talks

Current, former NDP MPs reflect on ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘numbing’ loss, but say party is ‘laser focused’ on rebuilding

Questions loom over funding and timeliness for Carney’s new foreign policy vision

Environment implications for proposed Liberal energy corridor unclear; ‘the devil is in the details,’ says uWaterloo academic

Environment implications for proposed Liberal energy corridor unclear; ‘the devil is in the details,’ says uWaterloo academic

Carney’s first post-election presser ‘a rare olive branch’ to Canadian media after election night slight: former gallery journalist

Access-to-info fiasco continues as DND says memo lost 52 months after request

Andrew Scheer to lead Conservatives in Parliament until Poilievre regains a seat

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Memo to PM Carney: redo, don’t recycle, Canada’s secretive Access to Information Act

Ode to losers: in praise of the election’s unsung heroes

Here’s a list of demands for Alberta’s future, not the past

Time to make more pharmacare deals after election stalled momentum

Time to make more pharmacare deals after election stalled momentum

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Liberals ignoring promise for trade transparency as U.K. talks ‘commence,’ say critics

The Liberals had promised to give Parliamentarians greater oversight in trade negotiations in February to gain NDP support for the new NAFTA, but those agreed-upon changes have not been enacted.

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