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Robson tackles debt warnings…

December 17, 2010
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In his latest Ottawa Citizen column, MLI’s John Robson reviews recent admonitions from Bank of Canada Head Mark Carney and others about the debt of individual Canadians. In the very best traditions of that old adage “physician heal thyself”, John concludes that  while…“The state’s advice to smarten up is still good. Let’s start with it. Ho ho ho.”

Check out the entire column…

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