David Clement
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- Sep 26, 2026
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David Clement: Importing the EU's migration problems would be near impossible (opens the original)
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When European Commission President Ursula von der Leyan used her State of the Union address to invite Canada to become the EU’s first ever “Associate Member,” Conservative critics were beating the immigration drum as soon as the news broke. Conservative immigration critic Michele Rempel Garner warned that Canada risks importing Europe’s migration crisis through further integration, while MP Roman Baber argued that the EU is unable to control its borders and that Canada shouldn’t open our borders
David Clement: The one issue that could revive Poilievre's hopes — ending supply management (opens the original)
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Last week, the federal government announced that it’s extending the gas tax holiday into 2027, which is yet another policy that Prime Minister Mark Carney has borrowed from the Conservative handbook. And it isn’t an isolated case, given that Carney zeroed the consumer carbon tax, cancelled the electric vehicle mandate and is working to expand oil and gas capacity. The rightward shift of the Liberals is appreciated, especially after the malaise of the Trudeau years, but this shift has boxed in Co
David Clement: Counter-tariffs will hurt Canadians more than they'll hurt Trump (opens the original)
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Late Wednesday the federal government announced that it was removing seafood from Canada’s list of retaliatory tariffs. The finance ministry justified the move stating, “Based on feedback, we have made select adjustments to protect against broader economic harms, including removing seafood and fish products from our list of counter tariffs.” The invocation of economic harm here is a tell, because it should be obvious to everyone, our politicians included, that tariffs on foreign products are a t
David Clement: Banning flavoured vapes harms adults and does little for youth (opens the original)
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Five years is a very long time to announce a policy and not implement it, but Ottawa’s promised ban on flavoured vapes has now outlasted a health minister, a pandemic, and several news cycles’ worth of moral alarm. The Globe and Mail weighed in with an editorial on Monday insisting that the government’s stalling has gone on far too long. The case leans on frightening figures about the young, warnings that vaping leads kids to smoking, and a study of secret shoppers said to prove retailers cannot
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