I think McQuaig’s points are fairly coherent, aligned with a social democracy perspective

“We should get back into public enterprise in this country, and by that I mean publicly owned by the people — institutions and programs and companies that can provide things for Canadians. We used to have Connaught Labs. It was publicly owned and a major manufacturer of drugs and vaccines… It was responsible for Banting and Best’s discovery of insulin.”

In her book, McQuaig argues that Canada was built by massive public investment in building railways, housing projects, energy, medicare, and public spaces — but that that’s changed over the past 25 years, as governments have been on a privatization crusade.

“If we want to strengthen Canada, let’s get back to doing things like that, and that could really make a difference and pull the country together and give it a sense of pride.”

McQuaig says that removing regulations at the request of business leaders is simply the wrong move. “I’m concerned about all this fast-tracking of projects if it is going to compromise aspects of our democracy that are important, such as consultation with Indigenous people, giving them a fair voice, and various climate and environmental considerations.