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Read it and weep: This pipeline agreement is a document of betrayal

Read it and weep: This pipeline agreement is a document of betrayal

For months, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s courtship of Alberta and the oil patch has been the subject of conspiratorial interpretation by his...

yesterday 10

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Arno Kopecky

Youth and environmentalism are key to Québec separatism

Youth and environmentalism are key to Québec separatism

Thirty years after Québec’s historic independence referendum, separatism is back in style. In late October of this year, young separatists staged...

yesterday 8

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Liam Otoole

Letter from Linda

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Linda Solomon Wood

Ottawa must counter Meta's bad policy idea with a better one

Ottawa must counter Meta's bad policy idea with a better one

Big Tech companies have allegedly failed to adequately address child sexual abuse material — and encouraged children younger than 13 to use their...

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Supriya Dwivedi

The Bella Coola tragedy demands solutions, not the false security of a hunt

The Bella Coola tragedy demands solutions, not the false security of a hunt

​The terror faced by the students and teachers of the Acwsalcta School in Nuxalk Territory (Bella Coola Valley) is a nightmare. Their heroism...

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Neil Shearar

The method to Mark Carney’s madness

Liberal prime ministers aren’t supposed to get standing ovations in Calgary, much less from a room packed full of mostly-Conservative business...

previous day 10

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Max Fawcett

We’re not ready for an aging population — and it's going to cost us

If there’s a single word that defines the Carney government’s first budget, it has to be “generational.” Canada, we’re told, is facing a...

wednesday 10

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Max Fawcett

Public transit is nation-building. Our federal budget should reflect that

Public transit is nation-building. Our federal budget should reflect that

When Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his government’s first budget earlier this month, it was an opportunity to show leadership on climate,...

wednesday 10

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Sam Hersh

The energy poverty trap

Will more oil and gas production in Canada help alleviate energy poverty in the developing world? Of course not — but that hasn't prevented...

25.11.2025 3

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Max Fawcett

If democracy matters, why isn’t it funded in the federal budget?

Most Canadians don’t believe they have any meaningful say in shaping the policies that affect their lives, a reality that raises a host of...

25.11.2025 2

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Nick Vlahos

Who asked you, JD Vance?

Who asked you, JD Vance?

Last week, US Vice-President JD Vance offered up his unsolicited take on what’s wrong with Canada’s economy. In one word — immigrants, he said,...

25.11.2025 5

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Adrienne Tanner