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Two very different blueprints for a housing crisis

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The Editorial Board

How to crack Canada’s military recruitment and retention problem

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Blake C. Goldring

This is why it’s worth trusting the polls

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Kaleigh Rogers

There’s no question: Debates should be for voters, not the parties

From left to right, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Liberal Leader Mark Carney, New Democratic Leader Jagmeet Singh and Bloc Québécois Leader...

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Boeing’s self-inflicted damage leaves it vulnerable in trade war as China halts delivery of company’s jets

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Gus Carlson

We’re seeing what happens in a world without American leadership. It’s not pretty

A protester waves an upside-down American flag in front of the Capitol, on March 4, in Washington. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/The Associated Press For...

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Marcus Gee

Liberal deficits to pay for ‘overwhelming force’ in a trade war

Liberal Leader Mark Carney greets supporters Newcastle, Ont., on April 19. Mr. Carney unveiled his party's fully-costed platform on Saturday....

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Campbell Clark

Could this finally be the start of a single Canadian economy?

Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet speaks to the press as he arrives at CBC-Radio-Canada to participate in the English Federal Leaders...

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The new American threat to Canada’s sovereignty require a new cultural nationalism. Here’s what it should look like

A 'Proudly Canadian' sign in the window of an Indigo book shop in Windsor, Ont., on April 1. JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP/Getty Images Stephen Marche’s latest...

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Stephen Marche

Why I’ll gladly fight for Canada

Canadian soldiers during a Canadian Remembrance Day ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus in the...

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Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall

Mark Carney has shown a confidence in the existence of Canada

Liberal Party supporters hold placards as they wait for Leader Mark Carney's arrival at the French-language Federal Leaders' debate at Maison de...

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Stephen Henighan

Coming clean: My complicated feelings about having a house cleaner

Katherine Ashenburg’s The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History is about personal hygiene. Her third novel, Margaret’s New Look, will be published...

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Katherine Ashenburg

The fight for Canada

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David Collier

In Ottawa, everyone is conflicted about conflict laws

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre attends a press conference after the French-language federal election debate, in Montreal, on April 16. Chris...

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The debate was a leader-versus-party contest between Poilievre and Carney – with no clear winner

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Carney participate in the English-language federal leaders' debate in Montreal, on...

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Campbell Clark

Five years later, the families of the victims of Canada’s worst murder spree are still looking for answers

The memorial to those killed by a gunman has continued to grow in front of a former church in Portapique, N.S. on June 17, 2020. Darren...

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Paul Palango

A debate night miracle: no one lost their cool and everyone could learn something

The English-language federal leaders' debate in Montreal, on April 17. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press Liberal Leader Mark Carney got the combined...

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Shannon Proudfoot

Donald Trump is killing ‘anti-woke’ politics in the rest of the world

Australian Opposition Leader Peter Dutton speaks during the second leaders' debate of the 2025 federal election campaign at the ABC Studios in...

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Doug Saunders

As a priest, here’s what I’d say to Donald Trump on Easter

U.S. President Donald Trump watches as Rev. Mariann Budde, second right, arrives at the national prayer service at the Washington National...

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Michael Coren

A view on Canada’s election, from Indian country

Drew Hayden Taylor is an Anishnawbe playwright and humorist. Much like the cicadas making an appearance every few years, it’s election season again...

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Drew Hayden Taylor

Recruiting U.S. scientists is a fine idea – except we’re barely supporting Canadian scientists as it is

Lewis E. Kay is a professor at the University of Toronto who uses the tools of physics to study the molecules of life. A Canada Gairdner...

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Lewis Kay

Canada can be the global leader in medical research

Members of the Columbia Medical physicians, nurses, researchers, and faculty protest against federal funding cuts affecting their research at the...

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Kevin Smith

Separating rhetoric from reality in the Conservative crime platform

Lisa Kerr is an associate professor at Queen’s University’s Faculty of Law. As election day nears, criminal law proposals are coming fast and...

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Lisa Kerr

In Niagara Falls, Mark Carney stares down Hurricane Trump

Liberal Leader Mark Carney makes an announcement during a federal election campaign stop in Niagara Falls, Ont., on April 18. Christinne Muschi/The...

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Shannon Proudfoot

The resignation that changed the Catholic Church

A year-long series looking back on the most significant moments of the past 25 years, how they changed our world, and how they will continue to...

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Michael W. Higgins

The tenuous truce between Donald Trump and the market may prove to be temporary

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...

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John Rapley

If Danielle Smith loves Canada, she needs to prove it

Of all the statements made by Premier Danielle Smith over the last couple of months – maybe the last couple of years – none has been as mystifying...

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Gary Mason

Did the Conservatives go too hard on Jagmeet Singh?

Back in the summer, the Conservative Party of Canada spent millions of dollars on an attack ad against NDP leader Jagmeet Singh. The ad showed Mr....

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Robyn Urback

Canada needs a strong Green Party

The Green Party of Canada co-leaders Elizabeth May, centre, and Jonathan Pedneault, left, introduce their candidates as they launch their election...

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Marsha Lederman

The prime minister that Canadians need

Will the leader that Canadians need at a time of national crisis be on the debate stage on Thursday? Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press There will be...

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Mark Carney gets through his first debate in one piece

Liberal Leader Mark Carney speaks with the media following a televised French language debate, in Montreal, on April 16. Evan Buhler/Reuters...

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Campbell Clark