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Quebec’s proposed constitution may be ludicrous – but it might still pose a real threat

Quebec Premier François Legault at the legislature in Quebec City on Oct. 1. The provincial government's Bill 1 proposes amendments to the 1867...

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Andrew Coyne

The return of the B.C. conservative self-sabotage show

BC Conservative Leader John Rustad may think the path to political success in B.C. lies in pursuing 'traditional values,' but history shows...

yesterday 5

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The Editorial Board

Are zoos destined to go the way of Marineland?

Beluga whales swim in a tank at Marineland amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ont., in 2023. Chris Young/The Canadian Press With hindsight, and a lot...

yesterday 5

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Robyn Urback

The Indigenous over-incarceration crisis can only be addressed if Canadians act

Canadians know that the over-incarceration of Indigenous peoples is a national shame. About 30 per cent of federal inmates are First Nations, Métis...

yesterday 5

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Tanya Talaga

We are on the cusp of a new world order. Canada must act decisively to shape it

The difference between China and the West to the difference between the game chess and the Chinese game weiqi, according to Henry Kissinger, the...

yesterday 5

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Omer Aziz

Hamas must be sanctioned by the UN, and Canada can lead the way

Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Thursday. World leaders representing more than 20 countries have agreed...

yesterday 5

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Brandon Silver

City zoning is beyond reform. To tackle the housing crisis, scrap the whole thing

Illustration: THE GLOBE AND MAIL Jordan Moffatt is an Ottawa-based writer who completed a master’s degree in geography at Carleton University,...

yesterday 4

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Jordan Moffatt

Is the U.S. economy booming or busting? Who knows

John Rapley is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. He is an author and academic whose books include Why Empires Fall and Twilight of...

yesterday 1

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John Rapley

I’ve spent 50 years navigating Canada-China relations. Here’s what I’ve learned

People ride bicycles at Tiananmen Square in Beijing in the 1970s. -/AFP/Getty Images Charles Burton is a scholar on China, a former Canadian...

yesterday 1

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Charles Burton

The $70-billion effort to rebuild Gaza can’t start unless the war is truly over

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Eric Reguly

Nobel Prize winner Omar Yaghi is an example of triumph emerging from catastrophe

yesterday 0

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Sheema Khan

Peace can’t be attained until Gaza and its people have been rebuilt

Displaced Palestinians travel back to the northern part of Gaza after the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect. Mahmoud Issa/Reuters...

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Izzeldin Abuelaish

How Canada can help build a path to peace in the Middle East

Displaced Palestinians walk past destroyed buildings in the heavily damaged Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, on Oct. 11. Abdel Kareem...

previous day 10

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B.C.’s health care system suffers another unimaginable blow

This week seven OB/GYNs at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops notified the administration that they are resigning. Chris Young/The Canadian Press If...

previous day 4

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Gary Mason

How to save the young and the jobless of Canada

Job Junction, an employment and career resource centre in Halifax. High youth unemployment can inflict serious generational damage, research shows....

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Claude Lavoie

Trapped by fear of change, Kensington Market’s wonder is fading

Toronto's Kensington Market in 2023. Kensington Market, writes David Schwartz, is a community that ties his family to their roots and reflects the...

previous day 10

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David Schwartz

How Canada Post workers can still win, even without the public’s backing

Canada Post workers during a nationwide strike to protest proposed changes to the postal service in Toronto on Oct. 1. Wa Lone/Reuters David...

previous day 10

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David Moscrop

Trump’s big triumph in the Middle East will make him more autocratic than ever

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Sharm El Sheikh, on Monday. Evan Vucci/The...

previous day 10

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Lawrence Martin

If birth tourism is such a big scam, why do so few immigrants take advantage?

Birthright citizenship means anyone born on Canadian soil is automatically a citizen of Canada. Sean kilpatrick/The Canadian Press It gladdens the...

wednesday 10

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Andrew Coyne

The shaky foundations of trust in public institutions

Vas Georgiou leaves the Superior Court of Justice Courthouse in Toronto last week. Mr. Georgiou and John Aquino were each convicted of fraud for...

wednesday 9

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The Editorial Board

Team Canada shoots on its own net in trade talks with China

Over the weekend, China’s ambassador to Canada said that if Ottawa drops its tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, it will drop agricultural...

wednesday 10

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Campbell Clark

Rare-earth minerals are China’s trump card in trade negotiations

A sample of bastnaesite ore, a mineral used in the rare earth industry to extract elements such as cerium, lanthanum, and neodymium, at the...

wednesday 10

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Angela Huyue Zhang

Canadian leaders are naive to be shocked over Stellantis pulling Jeeps from Brampton

The Stellantis vehicle assembly plant in Brampton, Ont., on Wednesday. Stellantis has announced plans to move production of its Jeep Compass to...

wednesday 2

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Gus Carlson

Can a former mayor save Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside?

Larry Campbell has been appointed the Downtown Eastside provincial advisor. Jimmy Jeong/The Globe and Mail Larry Campbell, the former chief coroner...

wednesday 3

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Gary Mason

For those caught in the middle, the path to Middle East peace is a long one

The sun sets over the battered Gaza Strip, seen from the Israeli border on Tuesday. JALAA MAREY/AFP/Getty Images After joyous days of bombs no...

wednesday 3

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Doug Saunders

Canada cannot wait for Europe and must act alone to ‘double-freeze’ Russian assets

The Russian Central Bank in Moscow, seen in September. In 2022, Canada helped lead efforts to freeze US$300-billion worth of Russia’s Central Bank...

wednesday 9

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Bill Browder

The (not) equal world of new city residents

To paraphrase George Orwell: all city dwellers are equal, but some are less equal than others. While this is not official policy, two hot-button...

14.10.2025 1

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The Editorial Board

Canada auto faced danger before. We endured then. We can endure now

New trucks crowd a parking lot at the GM assembly plant in Oshawa, Ont., in September, 2019. U.S. protectionism has brought visibility and urgency...

14.10.2025 8

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Greig Mordue

Donald Trump was the essential element for the Gaza ceasefire

U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Gaza International Peace Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday. Suzanne Plunkett/The Associated Press...

14.10.2025 1

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Robyn Urback

Don’t let Marineland tell you that its whales have to be euthanized

There are 30 remaining belugas at Marineland park in Niagara Falls, Ont., which has not opened to the public since the end of summer in 2024. Chris...

14.10.2025 1

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Angela Fernandez

Zip up, Canada: It’s time to build a wartime economy in the North

Canadian soldiers with the 5th Canadian Division during Operation Nanook, the Canadian Armed Forces' annual Arctic training and sovereignty...

14.10.2025 10

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Jessica Shadian

The case of Carney’s accounts exposes Canada’s weak banking systems once again

The Royal Bank of Canada’s head office at Royal Bank Plaza in Toronto’s Financial District. A former RBC employee was recently charged for...

14.10.2025 10

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Carlin Mcgoogan

Canada is right to re-engage India. And Canadians support that

Prime Minister Mark Carney and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands during the G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta in June. Amber...

14.10.2025 10

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Vina Nadjibulla

Does it matter where our future doctors attended high school? Doug Ford seems to think so

Some international medical graduates could be shut out from the best residency spots after the shift from Doug Ford’s government. Frank Gunn/The...

13.10.2025 2

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André Picard

This stock market boom is on borrowed time. And the bill keeps rising

The S&P/TSX Composite Index is up more than 26 per cent year-over-year. Tijana Martin/The Canadian Press John Rapley is a contributing columnist...

13.10.2025 2

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John Rapley