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The point is not to be different from the States. It’s to be better than them

17.01.2025 30

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O’Leary explains: not annexation, just an economic union that amounts to the same thing

15.01.2025 20

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The great pretender: Looking back at Trudeau, we see our initial judgment of him when he first entered politics was correct

09.01.2025 80

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With the country under attack, Trudeau leaves it to drift – for months

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Jan. 6. Adrian Wyld/The...

06.01.2025 10

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The coming chaos in federal politics and how we got here

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada's Governor General Mary Simon watch a swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, on Dec. 20,...

03.01.2025 30

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Proroguing Parliament to avoid a confidence vote was an iffy idea in 2008. It’s a terrible one in 2025.

“Stephen Harper has used prorogation to avoid difficult political circumstances,” the Liberals’ 2015 platform complained. “We will not.”...

01.01.2025 5

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The problem isn’t Trudeau; it’s that prime ministers have too much power

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the federal Liberal caucus holiday party, the day after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland...

19.12.2024 10

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The problem isn’t Trudeau’s personality disorders: it’s that prime ministers have too much power

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the federal Liberal caucus holiday party, the day after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland...

19.12.2024 10

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Freeland departs, after a heroic effort to hold the deficit to $62-billion

In fairness to the Prime Minister, who knew that if you spent three months undermining your own Finance Minister, refusing to express confidence in...

17.12.2024 4

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With Trudeau and his Finance Minister at war, it’s clear: this government is done

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on April 16. Patrick Doyle/Reuters When Chrystia...

13.12.2024 7

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Suppose they had a postal strike and nobody noticed

The posties walked out Nov. 15 – just in time for the Christmas rush. Yet not only is there no sign of a settlement, but no legislation, either....

11.12.2024 10

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Suppose they gave a postal strike and nobody noticed

The posties walked out Nov. 15 – just in time for the Christmas rush. Yet not only is there no sign of a settlement, but no legislation, either....

11.12.2024 10

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The fall economic statement is late, but if your finances looked this bad, you’d be shy too

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland hold the 2024-25 budget, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on April 16....

06.12.2024 8

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Poilievre fumbles the Trump crisis: a missed opportunity to show himself as a prime minister-in-waiting

A portrait of Donald Trump hangs in the bar at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on March 4, 2016. ERIC THAYER/The New York Times News...

04.12.2024 10

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Singapore’s traffic is no worse than Halifax’s. Toronto’s could be, too

Motorists enter Singapore's central business district during peak morning traffic, on May 31, 2016. ROSLAN RAHMAN/Getty Images Every day the...

29.11.2024 5

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This is how Canada should deal with Donald Trump, irrational actor

Good to see no one is panicking. The president-elect of the United States, in a late-night social-media outburst, has declared he would impose a...

28.11.2024 7

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Canada is far from ready for the chaos coming our way

President-elect Donald Trump speaks to supporters at an election night gathering in West Palm Beach early on Nov. 6. HAIYUN JIANG/The New York...

13.11.2024 9

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The U.S. election shows that sometimes the people get it wrong

Supporters of Donald Trump check their phones at a U.S. election watch party in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 5. HAIYUN JIANG/The New York Times...

08.11.2024 10

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Trump’s election is a crisis like no other, not only for the U.S. but the world

Donald Trump takes the stage to address supporters at a rally in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 6. Brian Snyder/Reuters Nothing mattered, in the...

06.11.2024 200

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The U.S. is about to be thrown into chaos. The only real question is for how long

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. president Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally in Traverse City, Mich., on Oct. 25. Anna...

01.11.2024 10

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Liberal MPs lack the means - but mostly the courage - to take down their Leader

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rises during Question Period in Ottawa, on Oct. 23. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press It was, by all accounts, a...

25.10.2024 2

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Use primary-care reform as the opportunity to inject more competition into Canada’s health care system

The collapse of the Canadian health care system continues apace. Wait times for surgeries have reached 28 weeks, from referral to treatment –...

24.10.2024 10

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Our democracy is under attack. Do our leaders know it?

What’s it going to take? Just how badly must our national security be compromised before our political leaders start to take it seriously? All...

18.10.2024 10

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This is not a diplomatic spat: it’s state terrorism, and Canada is right to call it out

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, centre, with Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly, right, and Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc, takes...

15.10.2024 3

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MPs are right to take a stand: the government must give Parliament the documents it demands

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Oct. 2. Spencer Colby/The...

11.10.2024 6

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A disastrous campaign has cost Trump almost none of his support

U.S. Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris gestures as she speaks at a campaign event in Atlanta on July 30....

09.10.2024 4

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Nice little news network you got there. Pity if anything should happen to it …

Leader of the Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Oct. 3....

04.10.2024 20

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The unity crisis that awaits us on the other side of the next election

Robert Borden, Jean Chrétien and Stephen Harper each formed majority governments despite weak showings in Quebec. With the federal Conservatives...

03.10.2024 20

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Is Mark Carney’s new job to provide cover for the mother of all U-turns?

Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney attends the Liberal caucus retreat in Nanaimo, B.C., on Sept. 10. DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press So what...

27.09.2024 8

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The chaos of party nomination races is no longer a joke – it’s a threat to national security

Commissioner Justice Marie-Josee Hogue listens during the Foreign Interference Commission in Ottawa, on Sept. 18. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press It...

26.09.2024 3

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The conservative defeat of carbon pricing is the defeat of economics – and of conservatism

A pump at a Petro-Canada gas station in Toronto, on June 23. Mark Blinch/Reuters “Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson...

20.09.2024 3

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Justin Trudeau partakes in that great Canadian tradition: refusing to quit as PM

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Sept. 16. Blair Gable/Reuters...

17.09.2024 2

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After the deal: the NDP is exposed and the Liberals are stuck

The Prime Minister and his advisers were reportedly blindsided by the NDP Leader’s decision. THE CANADIAN PRESS So. Farewell then, supply and...

13.09.2024 10

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In semi-defence of the Temporary Foreign Workers program

Temporary foreign workers stand in front of a job posting board during their lunch break at the Highline Mushrooms farm in Leamington, Ont., on...

11.09.2024 4

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If Pierre Poilievre weren’t so unpleasant, he might get more of a hearing for his agenda. If he has one

Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre arrives at a press conference in Montreal, on July 12. Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press The whole...

23.08.2024 10

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Conservatives should have no difficulty voting for Harris

U.S. Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the...

21.08.2024 3

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If you find yourself saying ‘Of course I’m opposed to violence, but’ – maybe just stop there

A protester holding a piece of concrete walks towards riot police as clashes erupt in Bristol, U.K., on Aug. 3. JUSTIN TALLIS/Getty Images The...

16.08.2024 3

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The (re)education of Jordan Peterson

Jordan Peterson speaks to a crowd during a stop in Sherwood Park, Alta, on Feb. 11, 2018. Canada's top court closed the door on Peterson's legal...

14.08.2024 3

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To fix social media, force the platforms to open themselves up to each other

Would we miss social media if it were gone? Is the world a better place for the smartphone having been invented? We have been conditioned to...

09.08.2024 5

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Other countries have taken a clear stand on Venezuela. Why hasn’t Canada?

Venezuela opposition supporters attend a protest on Aug. 3, in Caracas, Venezuela. President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro was declared as the winner...

07.08.2024 20

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Please stop helping us: the newspaper bailout is a comprehensive policy failure

It has been five years since the temporary, one-time federal bailout of the newspaper industry was supposed to have put us on track to recovery. It...

02.08.2024 4

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A smarter Trump turns out to be a weaker force

Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance shakes hands with former President Donald Trump during a rally at Herb Brooks National Hockey...

30.07.2024 2

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Are we supposed to just sit and wait for Canada’s inevitable constitutional crisis?

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast in Ottawa on May 7. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press One way or...

26.07.2024 20

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The Liberal ship is adrift. If the captain will not change course, will the crew?

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference in Montreal, on July 3. ANDREJ IVANOV/Getty Images One begins to long for...

24.07.2024 3

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Do not remain calm. A second Trump presidency really will be that bad

No, it is not going to be okay. With a second Donald Trump presidency seeming more and more likely – as the Democratic campaign implodes, as...

19.07.2024 8

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