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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Carney's nation-building' programme misses mark to be truly transformative for Canada

Canada's prime minister Mark Carney likes to say that when he was young, we used to build big things in this country, and we used to build them quickly. That idea of sprawling projects that transform nations, has influenced both his narrative as an economist-turned politician and his government's multibillion dollar investment spree. It's time to get back at it, and get on with it, he said in September.
Canada news
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
4 weeks ago

Ontario finance minister says federal budget lacks some ambition' | CBC News

Federal budget lacks ambition on infrastructure, nation-building, and tariff relief, providing insufficient funding for Ontario’s major projects and worker/business support.
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

We dreamed of a better future': remembering the first moments of Papua New Guinea in 1975

Papua New Guinea's 1975 independence united diverse communities symbolically, but on-the-ground resistance and deep divisions revealed a fractured transition still affecting the nation.
fromMedievalists.net
5 months ago

How "German" Was the Holy Roman Empire? New Research Rethinks Medieval Nationhood - Medievalists.net

The role of the 'Investiture Contest'...is important in a number of seemingly paradoxical ways. The crucial formative interventions in imperial dynamics highlight how conflict shaped identity.
History
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