How does a government suddenly go tone deaf?
It's as if the Liberal cabinet was frolicking along among its doting public when an explosion went off at close range, rattling their hearing. Before, they had perfect pitch -- in opposition, during the election, even after it -- for instance, in how they handled the Syrian refugee issue. Then Kaboom -- they lose their sense of balance, they can't even hear themselves. Consider:
On April 1, Nobel winning economist Joseph Stiglitzy spoke at Ottawa University on a panel called Making Sense of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. During his remarks he said the Trans-Pacific Partnership may well be the worst trade agreement ever negotiated. He has recommended that Canada use its influence to begin a renegotiation of TPP to make it an agreement that advances the interests of Canadian citizens and not just the large corporations. Here is a full recording of the panel.
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