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Clement told Conservative official months ago he was contacting police over Instagram account

Political staffer says Clement made her feel uncomfortable with late-night messages
        Scheer should have booted Clement from caucus right away: Tory consultant

Trudeau visits Vimy ahead of world leaders gathering for Paris peace forum
        Legacies of the First World War: Canadian veterans� battle for benefits, support
New N.B. premier Blaine Higgs plans to see through pledge to fight carbon tax
        What makes Tory men go from public prudes to pests in private?
PM Trudeau is in Paris this Remembrance Day, just as he should be
        Crusading MLA Robyn Luff presents no-win scenario for Notley

U.K. data watchdog blasts Canadian political parties� data handling
        Death threats and burning effigies: Sir John A. Macdonald controversy gets extreme
Ousted NDP MLA demands high-stakes, independent investigation into bullying claims
        After Clement scandal, questions mount about vetting of top secret committee
Liberals again delay firearm marking regulations despite campaign promise
        Five female PC staffers sent sexually inappropriate texts by former Ford aide, sources say
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        Trudeau to mark centenary of First World War armistice at Vimy Ridge and Paris - Janyce McGregor, CBC News
Liberal gains on PR debate leave Yes side with tough choices - Rob Shaw, Vancouver Sun
        New gas plants should pay carbon levy on all emissions by 2030, advocates say - Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press, CTV News
Trump created the China trade crisis; the midterms may have given him a reason to end it- Joe Chidley, Financial Post
        In walkout, Google workers reject Silicon Valley individualism- Noam Scheiber - The New York Times, Toronto Star
Uber policy now prohibits broadcasting passenger images- CTV News

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Recomptage l'�lection du gouverneur et d'un s�nateur en Floride Plus
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Premi�re Guerre mondiale: Donald Trump annule la visite d'un cimeti�re en raison du mauvais tempsPlus

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Warren? Biden? Sanders? Dems have different answers on 2020 after 2018 - Amie Parnes, The Hill
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EU demands end to Sri Lanka crisis- PTI, The Times Of India
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Macron, Merkel unveil plaque at site of WWI armistice
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From: "Mahmood Elahi"
Subject: Public distrust for economists stands in the way

The Editorh
Financial Times

Public distrust of economists stands in the way

Re: �Will Democrats now be free-traders?� by William Watson, Nov. 8.

In the latest issue of Foreign Affairs, Karen Dynan, Professor of the Practice of Economics at Harvard, writes: �An uncomfortable truth for American economists is that they have limited influence on economic policy. Take trade, for example. Anyone who has studied introductory economics knows that free trade benefits countries in the long run, by allowing them to specialize in producing the goods and services in which they have a comparative advantage. � Yet free trade has never been popular in Washington. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed costly tariffs on imports from Canada, China, Mexico and the EU.�

Why don�t economists have more influence? Answer to the question has been provided by Alan Blinder, a prominent economist, who served in U.S. President Bill Clinton�s Council of Economic Advisers, in his new book, Advice and Dissent.

According to Blinder, the root of the problem is that politicians are dealing with a fundamentally different set of constraints than economists are. The situation is made worse by what he calls �political short-termism.� Politicians who face re-election tend to adopt policies that promise gains in the near future, even if the cost will outweigh the benefits in the long run. Conversely, economists favour short-term cost in order to realize long-term benefits. As trust in experts has declined, it has become easier for politicians to offer far-fetched solutions regardless of their economic merit.

With anti-trade Donald Trump has made �Buy American� protectionism the centrepiece of his policy, free trade has been replaced by (mis)managed trade and as long Trump remains president, free trade will remain toxic for politicians. Voters, not economists, will decide who will be the next president.

MAHMOOD ELAHI

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