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Rehashing Bill C-69 isn't going to save Poilievre's campaign

Rehashing Bill C-69 isn't going to save Poilievre's campaign

For all of his experience as a central banker and economist, Mark Carney is still relatively new to the business of politics. That showed on...

yesterday 8

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Max Fawcett

Where does Danielle Smith’s loyalty lie?

Where does Danielle Smith’s loyalty lie?

Where do Danielle Smith’s loyalties lie? People asked this question after she revealed on MAGA-aligned media that she counselled Trump officials to...

yesterday 7

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Gordon Laxer

Carney's green dream team

Carney's green dream team

It must have been tough for Mark Carney, the Liberal leadership candidate with the biggest  climate chops , to throw the  consumer carbon tax he...

previous day 10

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Adrienne Tanner

Pierre Poilievre’s gender gap

Pierre Poilievre’s gender gap

Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives are behind in the polls, but they’re getting absolutely trounced when it comes to women voters. Some of this is a...

wednesday 10

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Max Fawcett

Crises are no time for timidity

Crises are no time for timidity

I’m loving the political tough talk and newfound social solidarity in response to Donald Trump’s attack on our economy and sovereignty. The...

wednesday 10

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Seth Klein

Danielle Smith's separatism shell game

Danielle Smith's separatism shell game

With  polls continuing to show  Mark Carney’s Liberals holding the most unexpected lead in Canadian political history, Conservatives are starting...

01.04.2025 3

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Max Fawcett

Trump’s war on science threatens Canadian research

Trump’s war on science threatens Canadian research

US President Donald Trump has launched a full-scale war on American scientists and researchers, unleashing policies that  censor scientists , ...

01.04.2025 20

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Sarah Laframboise

Swapping fast fashion for climate solutions

Swapping fast fashion for climate solutions

These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity.   Ulwiana...

31.03.2025 10

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Patricia Lane

Defund the CBC – at what cost?

Defund the CBC – at what cost?

It was Oscar Wilde who once opined that, “A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.”  Sadly, this appears to be...

31.03.2025 3

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Dan Oldfield