Frédérik Plante

While National Newswatch does not keep an archive of external articles for longer than 6 months, we do keep all articles written by contributors who post directly to our site. Here you will find all of the contributed and linked external articles from Frédérik Plante.

Frédérik Plante

PM Mark Carney pledged to ‘Buy Canadian.’ Since then, $7.8 billion in contracts went to American corporations

Since assuming office a year and a half ago, Prime Minister Mark Carney has repeatedly promised that his government would “build Canadian and buy Canadian.” But American-controlled multinational corporations have dominated the most lucrative federal contracts under Carney’s leadership, a Toronto Star analysis of government data shows. The share of government contract dollars going to U.S. companies also increased...

Frédérik Plante

Nate Erskine-Smith rules out bid for provincial Liberal leadership, still considering run for city office

Outgoing Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith ruled out a run for leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party on Thursday, but said he is still considering a bid for municipal office. The Star reported last week that Erskine-Smith, 42, had discussed the possibility of running for Toronto city council with Mayor Olivia Chow. He said the topic came up “in passing” but...