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21 Feb, 4 tweets, 1 min read
In fact, the contracts contain ND clauses. Canada would not be seen as a reliable contractee if it routinely ignored the terms and conditions of a contract it was party to. In the case of AZ UK/EU, AZ agreed because it found itself in the middle of a EU/UK dispute. /2 #cdnpoli
2/ And if Canada were so regarded, it would be at risk of litigation at taxpayers' expense, having to pay a risk premium, and perhaps become a less-favoured nation with which to do business with. /3
3/ All I can see that is useful information in the analysis of the two AZ contracts is that the UK was more skilled in protecting its national interests. But, that was already evident and was the cause of the dispute to begin with.
Yikes ignore that second *with*. Ugly. Not to mention become ought to be becoming.

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21 Feb
I have absolutely no idea where Pierre Poilievre is getting his numbers, because even the Frappuccino Institute has just indicated that Canada's debt-to-GDP, ***federal + provincial***, is less than 100%. #cdnpoli
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Furthermore, the cost of servicing the federal debt as a % of GDP is declining because the government has issued long-term debt at historically low interest rates. From the same report...
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3/ Because, that spread will be indicative of provincial failure to plan and execute despite having months to prepare. So, the spread will be hidden behind data-gathering/sharing problems. I hope I’m wrong.
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Ugh, CBC's At Issue. On the matter of Chinese genocide, Althia Raj asserts that the government looks weak and indecisive because it's being cautious on calling the Chinese government genocidal. /2 #cdnpoli
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Amanda Lang in an interview with Brad Sorensen of Providence Therapeutics asserted that the federal government has not supported Providence's vaccine efforts. He did not correct her. In fact, the National Research Council has given Providence $4.7M for Phase I trial. /2 #cdnpoli
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Well, whatever I thought of Joe Clark, it has been reduced by this interview. What a disappointment. #cdnpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
Alberta wallows in its stereotype. Furthermore, even as the Harper government completely ignored Alberta, the current government has taken AB's interests into account. See political capital spent on TMX, for example.
And what political party does not focus its resources on possibly fruitful districts?
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3/ Whatever Premier Pallister claims, Providence has stated on its own website that it *might* be able to apply to Health Canada for emergency approval of its vaccine in December/21. Approval is not going to happen in one day. Then there's manufacturing. /4
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