John Robson
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- Sep 18, 2026
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- Jul 21, 2026
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John Robson: Carney's investment summit is all talk, no action (opens the original)
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So there was this giant Toronto “investment summit” gabfest that was classic Mark Carney. And I don’t mean it in a good way. Yes, we must do better economically. Growth is anemic, per capita income stagnant, productivity weak, housing a dream and affordability a nightmare. But the solution is prosaic: lower taxes, less regulation, more certainty. Whereas Carney is grandiose, meddlesome and detail-averse. In July he answered a question on military procurement with “I just got here.” But he didn’t
John Robson: The New York Times' shameless celebration of debauchery (opens the original)
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My arguably obsessive files on the state of the world, a.k.a the mess we are in, include one labelled “You Have Mistaken Me For Someone Else,” as a repository for offers to curate this, moisturize that, and improve my “email deliverability.” It is evident that many people live in ways I could not emulate and do not wish to. And also that marketers have surprising trouble telling me from our libertine liberal elite. For instance the moisturizer from the New York Times “Wirecutter,” a sometimes-us
John Robson: Conservatives need to tell Canadians the truth — there's no free lunch (opens the original)
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If I were to say the Conservative Party of Canada has a serious problem, you might well reply that it was not the sort of deep insight for which you would pay money. But when Post columnist Geoff Russ writes that the Tories’ problem is an aging populace unreceptive to a message of limited government and Carson Jerema adds that everybody hates their leader, I hope to earn my keep by offering a simple solution: Tell the populace adults truths in an adult voice. Not the sort of shallow insight for
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