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Thatcherism: How the Iron Lady Affected World Economics

"I am extraordinarily patient – provided I get my own way in the end." - Margaret Thatcher

As first female prime minister of England, Margaret Thatcher forged a new path for her Conservative Party and left a legacy of distinct, defining policies for her country and for conservatives around the world.

With Thatcher's passing yesterday at age 87, her lasting legacy in her native England is a country with a much stronger economy than when she became prime minister in 1979.

As the Iron Lady, Thatcher's political views and economic policies became as famous and divisive as her counterpart Ronald Reagan's were in the United States. Here's the list of what Thatcherism stood for:

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Canadian Business Leaders Eye Free Trade With Europe, China

by Alia McMullen

Filed under: Entrepreneurship, Financial Crisis, Small Business

Canadian business leaders have come out in overwhelming support of the free trade negotiations with the European Union and say a deal with China would also be beneficial to Canada's economy.

More than 90 per cent of Canadian business executives believe Canada has benefited from existing free trade agreements (FTA), a survey of 200 senior executives by national business law firm Miller Thomson LLP showed. Canada has FTAs with the U.S. and Mexico (NAFTA), Panama, Jordan, Peru, Chile and Israel.

About 60 per cent of Canadian business leaders said free trade with the European Union should be a government priority and 37 per cent said the government needs to urgently examine Canada's trade relationship with China.

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