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If Trump attacks Canada’s GST next, we must defend it

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William Robson

Overdose deaths are falling across North America. But why?

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André Picard

Canada can be a refuge for U.S. researchers

Canada needs to position itself to capitalize on this brain drain, while also acting to attract academics and students from the rest of the world...

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The price of Paul Chiang’s unacceptable comments

Liberal candidate Paul Chiang speaks in the House of Commons, in Ottawa, on March 22. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press Paul Chiang, the incumbent...

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Let’s call Carney’s Brookfield Bermuda move what it is: tax avoidance, now no longer allowed

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Allan Lanthier

It is astonishing – and reprehensible – that Paul Chiang remains a Liberal candidate

On Monday morning, Liberal Leader Mark Carney said he had “confidence” in his candidate who, in January, called for his Conservative opponent to be...

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Robyn Urback

23andMe was a disaster waiting to happen. What did anyone expect?

Despite the company’s early popularity, it failed to develop its strategy and product line beyond that single-transaction customer engagement....

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Gus Carlson

As a U.S. immigrant and immigration lawyer, the personal continues to be political

Farah Al-khersan is a lawyer and solo practitioner based in Ann Arbor, Mich., whose practice focuses on family-based immigration and removal...

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Farah Al-Khersan

The election campaign is a chance to rethink Canada’s public sector

Donald J. Savoie is the Canada Research Chair in public administration and governance at Université de Moncton and the author of Speaking Truth To...

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Donald J. Savoie

Canada-hosted G7 and G8 summits have mattered before. They can matter again

A child plays at an advocacy wall after receiving a dose of antiretroviral ARV drugs used to prevent HIV from replicating, at the Nyumbani...

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David Morley

In this trade war, pension funds should buy Canadian, too

A sign is placed in front of the American whiskey section at a B.C. liquor store after top selling American made products have been removed from...

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James Thai

The NDP’s anti-housing housing plan

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks during a federal election campaign stop in Windsor, Ont., on March 27. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press Federal...

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The key to winning the trade war is doubling down on research

For too long, successive Canadian governments ignored innovation. Minister of Tourism Soraya Martinez Ferrada, left, is given a tour of the...

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Richard Gold

Justin Trudeau’s legacy: putting reconciliation on Canadians’ agenda

One of the biggest issues in this federal election campaign will be the future of Canada’s historic relationship with the United States. But...

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The last prime ministerial trip that Justin Trudeau never took

It’s the last trip that Justin Trudeau never took. In his last weeks in power, amid the turmoil of Donald Trump’s tariff threats and jibes about...

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Campbell Clark

Politicians should be preparing Canadians to face hard times, not showering us with gifts

Canada suddenly finds itself in a toe-to-toe confrontation with the world’s mightiest nation, whose unhinged head of state is not just making...

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Marcus Gee

In these troubled times, Ottawa should consider spending more, borrowing more

A Canadian dollar coin, a Loonie, is pictured in this illustration picture taken in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2015. Mark Blinch/Reuters John Rapley is a...

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John Rapley

A new nationalism is emerging in Canada

An address from Colonel Étienne-Paschal Taché to the Legislative Assembly of the United Province in April, 1846, called to action steadfast...

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Laurence B. Mussio

This election campaign isn’t about the United States. It’s about Canada, and why we matter in the world

People watch Montreal’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 16. Canada is not that big by population, at 41 million, but by world standards it is...

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Ken Dryden

What nationalism gets wrong about belonging

Kim Samuel is a research fellow at the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative at Oxford University and the author of On Belonging: Finding...

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Kim Samuel

There won’t be a price to pay for imperilling U.S. security on Signal

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth prepares to give an interview outside the White House in Washington, on March 21. Mark Schiefelbein/The Associated...

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Andrew Coyne

There’s a better way to feed way Canada’s hungry schoolchildren

Canada's National School Food Program aims to roll out $1-billion in funding over five years and feed as many as 400,000 children annually who...

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Trump officials’ ally-bashing on Signal shows why we have no choice but to boost defence spending

U.S. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth, centre, speaks with Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, right, and Minister of Defense of Finland...

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Konrad Yakabuski

It’s the end of the road for the North American economic bloc. Now what?

Lights illuminate the Ambassador Bridge that stretches between Windsor, Ont. and Detroit, Mich. on Mar. 6. Chris Young/The Canadian Press There’s...

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Campbell Clark

We are not talking enough about the epidemic of Indigenous deaths during police interactions

As Canadians continue to fear being taken over by the United States, the entire country has mobilized in red-and-white pride while chanting the new...

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Tanya Talaga

What to do in this trade war when inflation and recession strike at once?

Governor of the Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem delivers a speech on monetary policy at a Calgary Economic Development event in Calgary on March 20....

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Kevin Yin

Living and dying through B.C.’s overdose crisis

Underexposed is a year-long photojournalism project dedicated to shedding light on the unseen lives of Canadians in every province and territory....

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Jackie Dives

Buy Canadian, yes – but we’ll starve, if that’s all we do

ILLUSTRATION: THE GLOBE AND MAIL. SOURCE IMAGE: GETTY IMAGES Corey Mintz is the author of The Next Supper: The End of Restaurants as We Knew Them,...

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Corey Mintz

In Myanmar, women are leading the fight for justice and democracy

People take part in a ceremony Karen State Myanmar, on March 17. STR/AFP/Getty Images Aye Lei Tun is a doctoral student in political science at...

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Aye Lei Tun

‘Our beautiful, treasured 51st state to be.’ An imaginary conversation with real numbers

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, on March...

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Calvin Trillin

The foreign (mis)adventures of Danielle Smith

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith participates in a panel discussion during CERAWeek in Houston, Tex., on March 12. KAYLEE GREENLEE/Reuters In her...

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Trump is right to fear a Canada-Europe team-up. But Canada must rise to the challenge first

Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, is greeted by President of France Emmanuel Macron as he arrives at the Palais de l'Elysee in Paris on Mar. 17....

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Aaron Burnett