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William Watson: How we could use AI could to reduce budget BS

William Watson: How we could use AI could to reduce budget BS

This year my writing schedule allowed me the luxury of reading the entire federal budget, all 511 pages of it, before commenting. (Some luxury!) When...

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William Watson: Green shoots of hope among fall’s goblins and other horrors

William Watson: Green shoots of hope among fall’s goblins and other horrors

Fall is not a hopeful season. The word itself — fall — is not hopeful. In most of Canada the leaves flare up wonderfully before … falling....

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William Watson: What I’m hoping for in the federal budget and elsewhere

William Watson: What I’m hoping for in the federal budget and elsewhere

Budget hopes. What am I hoping for in today’s federal budget? What I always hope for: A credible plan to balance the budget and reduce the...

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William Watson: Markets will help NEETs more than governments can

William Watson: Markets will help NEETs more than governments can

For Canadians of a certain age, the term “Neet” evokes memories of TV commercials for the cream depilatory of that name, though I learn from...

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William Watson: Ottawa needs to inventory its walking-dead policies

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William Watson: A house repeatedly riven by secessionism cannot stand

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William Watson: Is an Economist cover peak Carney?

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William Watson: Carney should take his own no-meddling advice

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William Watson: What Statistics Canada data said one day in October

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William Watson: What Ottawa should give Quebec is benign neglect

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William Watson: Maybe AI can help solve language stupidities

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William Watson: Some points about tipping tipping-points

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William Watson: Pro sports will save the idea of globalization

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William Watson: Canada truly strong would stay out of Europe

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William Watson: We should not sign free trade’s death warrant

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William Watson: We need Amazonian productivity improvement

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William Watson: Let's see the last draft. Inquiring voters want to know

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William Watson: Fact-checking the Canada-U.S. word grenades

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William Watson: Carney not signing trade deal was good, war talk wasn't

Support industries affected by Trump's tariffs, but retaliation does us no good

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William Watson: 'Free' but dumb vs. freedom

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William Watson: Let’s make a deal

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William Watson: Who isn’t 'far-right' about mass beach invasions?

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William Watson: 'One fogey, one vote' is seniors’ hill to die on

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William Watson: A couple of things we could learn from the British

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William Watson: Conservatives should stay conservative

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William Watson: Remember, Trump too will pass

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William Watson: TACO Trump vs. CAFE Carney — Carney Always Funds Everything

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William Watson: Why we need 'Econ for MPs'

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William Watson: A beautiful neoliberal game

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William Watson: PMs shouldn’t be for turning — much

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William Watson: To get graft out of government, get government out of business

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William Watson: Our discontent is about freedom

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William Watson: Stop spinning us with our own money

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William Watson: Universities should not do pro sports

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William Watson: Hello, Canada. We’ll survive without HNIC on CBC

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William Watson: Enough with the numerical targets already!

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William Watson: It’s amazing they haven’t tried to ban hockey yet

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William Watson: Six degrees of separation anxiety

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William Watson: Hubris meets humbug with government AI 'strategy'

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William Watson: Is 'wed thy neighbour' a problem for policy?

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William Watson: Let’s cut back on the circuses spending

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William Watson: Trump chickens out on beef tariff cuts

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William Watson: Let’s GoFundIt: Toonies for two-four (Sussex Drive)

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William Watson: Is it NATO’s new Canadian bank that's rattling Putin?

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William Watson: If I were an Albertan, I’d resent central Canada, too

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William Watson: Do we really need a policy a day from Ottawa?

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William Watson — The Carney rule: If you find a dollar, spend it

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William Watson: Why price discrimination shouldn't bother you

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William Watson: Foreign investment isn't key. Business investment is

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William Watson: Carney’s 'forward guidance' is mainly 'backward spinning'

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