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Lasting legacy or pining for a pipe dream?

The federal government is investing in major infrastructure, promising to expedite “projects of national interest” and pitching them to private investors at a summit in September. The Manitoba government has […]

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Pakistan has won the diplomacy, now comes the harder test

The Financial Times has run a striking assessment: Pakistan, it argues, has become an emerging “hinge power” – a state whose simultaneous ties to Washington, Beijing, the Gulf and Tehran let it broker where others can only choose sides. The evidence was hard to dispute. Islamabad hosted direct US-Iran talks.

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