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Mark Carney, Cutthroat Capitalist

O n March 9, when Mark Carney became the Liberals’ new leader and the prime minister–designate, it was easy to get lost in the day’s big-ticket...

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Drew Nelles

Weekly Quiz: Interprovincial Trade, Indigenous Sovereignty, and the End of WAGE

Weekly Quiz: Interprovincial Trade, Indigenous Sovereignty, and the End of WAGE

How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday. The post Weekly...

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Kayla Thompson

Canada Tried to Shut Him Down. Now Cronenberg Is Its Grand Old Man of Cinema

A t the 1969 Canadian Film Awards, one of its jurors, the young British director Peter Watkins, declared that there was no Canadian film industry....

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Violet Lucca

Faced with Sky-High IVF Costs, Couples Look Abroad to Start Families

Faced with Sky-High IVF Costs, Couples Look Abroad to Start Families

I n 2011, Amanda Faulkner was fresh out of law school, single and approaching thirty. She knew she wanted to have kids at some point, but she also...

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Ashley Perl

My Guilty Pleasure: The Peace of a Long Commute

My Guilty Pleasure: The Peace of a Long Commute

T he moment I step onto the platform, I take the deepest breath I’ve taken all morning. My more-than-an-hour-long commute involves a fifteen-minute...

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Carine Abouseif

Canadians Want to Buy Local. Their Provinces Make It Hard

Canadians Want to Buy Local. Their Provinces Make It Hard

A ngry and frustrated by US president Donald Trump’s ever-changing tariff threats, Canadians are ditching American products in favour of local...

17.04.2025 1

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Hailey Choi

Play Election Debate Bingo with The Walrus!

Play Election Debate Bingo with The Walrus!

T here have been few certainties in the 2025 federal election, except perhaps the slogans and talking points that the party leaders are glued to....

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The Walrus Staff

Nationalism Is Back in Canada. Now What?

Nationalism Is Back in Canada. Now What?

A few months before the 1988 federal election, the editorial board of the Globe and Mail issued a resounding endorsement of free trade with the...

17.04.2025 2

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Luke Savage

UBC Law School Faces Fresh Allegations of Discrimination

UBC Law School Faces Fresh Allegations of Discrimination

I n December 2019, Brenna Bhandar interviewed for the position of associate professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of...

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Julie Sobowale

The Leaders’ Debates Feel like Watching Bad Theatre

The Leaders’ Debates Feel like Watching Bad Theatre

W e’re over halfway through the election campaign, and you may have spent part of the past few days reading about the Liberals circulating fake...

16.04.2025 2

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David Moscrop

Who Needs a Gender Equality Minister? Apparently, Not Carney

Who Needs a Gender Equality Minister? Apparently, Not Carney

W hen Prime Minister Mark Carney cut the position of cabinet minister of women and gender equality and youth, or WAGE, on March 14, Debbie Owusu-...

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Wendy Kaur