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Send It East: Mulcair Backs Pipeline Plan

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 09.28.2012 | Canada Business

NDP leader Thomas Mulcair has thrown his party’s support behind a proposal to ship oil from Alberta to eastern Canada, saying it would lower energy ...

Dutch Disease? Try 'Oilsands Fever'

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.30.2012 | Canada Business

OTTAWA - On the eve of NDP Leader Tom Mulcair's visit to Alberta's oilsands, a new report backs his claim that Canada's economy suffers from a form of...

Mulcair's Misdiagnosis of Dutch "Disease" Won't Help our Economy

Omar Alghabra | Posted 07.22.2012 | Canada Politics
Omar Alghabra

Thomas Mulcair's prescription is to make "polluters pay" and that the natural resources industry should fully account for its pollution. And then what? How is that going to reduce pressure on the dollar? How does that help other industries? Does he want to implement a selective "polluter pays" policy that target only the natural resources sector and exclude the manufacturing sector?

Dutch Foreign Minister Weighs In On.. You Know

CP | Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.18.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The Netherlands foreign minister says he favours an evidence-based discussion on whether Alberta's oilsands are being discriminated against u...

Harper Government Believes In Dutch Disease After All?

CP | Dean Beeby, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.18.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The Harper government has funded research that argues Canada's economy suffers from so-called Dutch Disease, an economic theory the prime min...

Mulcair's Ploy to Spread (Dutch) Disease

Daniel D. Veniez | Posted 07.18.2012 | Canada Politics
Daniel D. Veniez

NDP leader Thomas Mulcair's recent meditations on an economic phenomenon known as "Dutch Disease" illustrates again that the NDP and their new leader are far from ready for prime time. That does not mean there is not a kernel of truth in Mulcair's statements.

Tories Let The Dogs Out Over 'Dutch Disease'

CP | Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.17.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The Harper Conservatives have finally unleashed the attack dogs on Tom Mulcair.They've pounced on the newly minted NDP leader's musings about...