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Kevin Carmichael taking long-term economic growth seriously?

Kevin Carmichael: While he does have a policy idea that would actually make a difference, Jason Kenney isn't running for PM just yet Finally someone campaigning to become prime minister has proposed to do something that might actually change the trajectory of the economy. Alas, that someone is Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, who only secured his current job five months ago, and won’t be pursuing the position that every pundit says he really wants until 2024 at the earliest. Whatever his aspirations, Kenney is the only national political figure who has used the federal election campaign to show an interest in doing something about crippling productivity rates. His pledge on the weekend to drop some inter-provincial trade barriers in order to create momentum for talks on making Canada a proper single market could be a game changer. It also comes with a note of seriousness that so many previous commitments lacked. Here’s the prize: The International Monetary Fund said earlier t