Voters need to be suspicious of all the magical promises from politicians

By Michael Adams and Andrew Parkin, published in The Globe and Mail on September 30, 2019.

As the two most powerful parties promise that Canadians can have it all, without sacrifice, surely some voters have a sneaking feeling there’s something important they’re not being told.

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