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Raymond J. de Souza: Adam Smith's profoundly moral economic philosophy

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Readers will extend sympathy to me if I return to last Saturday’s column about Pierre Poilievre’s recent rhetorical outings. Adam Smith, after all, says that they will.

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Poilievre delivered a substantive address in London that showed him at his best, a most welcome development for a putative prime minister. This week, after four years of rebuffing one of Canada’s leading political analysts, Poilievre granted a very thoughtful interview to Paul Wells, dealing substantively with economic philosophy and policy.

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For this writer, having taught economics and philosophy for 20 years at Queen’s University, it is a happy thing that Canada boasts a prime minister and leader of the opposition who are capable of reasoned reflections on economic philosophy.

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