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April 3, 2012

A Diminished Canada at Home and Abroad

Andrew Cohen, Ottawa Citizen

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There are many words commentators have used to describe the new federal budget: conservative, cautious, humdrum, prudent, bold, visionary, revolutionary, transformative. It's hard to find le mot juste but here's another: small.

Small government. Small minds. Small ideas. Parochial, petty, cheap.

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