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[Conservative Party of Canada - Top Stories] Dion and the Liberals should speak with Don Drummond, the former deputy minister of Finance and now chief economist for TD Bank, who reviewed Dions leadership platform and its economic implications, suggesting that it is ”retro, “heavily interventionist”, “like something from 1993”, and suggested that for the Canadian economy to succeed, “Mr. Dion has to pretty much do the opposite of what his leadership document sets out”. It seems that the experts have concerns about the economic vision that Dion is bragging about:
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[Conservative Party of Canada - Reality Checks] Dion and the Economy: Dion should speak with Don Drummond, the former deputy minister of Finance and now chief economist for TD Bank, who reviewed Dions leadership platform and its economic implications, suggesting that it is ”retro, “heavily interventionist”, “like something from 1993”, and suggested that for the Canadian economy to succeed, “Mr. Dion has to pretty much do the opposite of what his leadership document sets out”. It seems that the experts have concerns about Dions economic vision:
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