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Trudeau targets income inequality, offshore tax evasion in P.E.I. speech

During a radio interview earlier in the day, Trudeau touched on more lighthearted topics, such as not being able to pop into a Canadian Tire for a screwdriver or grab a double-double at Tim Hortons without “causing a bit of a kerfuffle.”

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks as the 2017 Symons Lecturer at the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown, P.E.I., on Thursday. Trudeau said in a speech on the state of Canadian Confederation that the promise of progress has become increasingly elusive.


CHARLOTTETOWN—Justin Trudeau took on the role of critic of Canada’s wealthiest citizens on Thursday, putting income inequality and tax evasion at the centre of a speech that reflected on the prospects for the Canadian Confederation.

The prime minister was speaking at Charlottetown’s Confederation Centre, near the site where Canadian politicians hammered out the outlines of a future nation in 1867.

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