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Colby Cosh: Trump-era stock market swings show just how far backwards we've gone

Colby Cosh: Trump-era stock market swings show just how far backwards we've gone
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Colby Cosh: The misguided American foray into economic protectionism

Colby Cosh: The misguided American foray into economic protectionism

Liberation Day isn't doing great things for the economy, but neither did Biden's protectionist trade measures

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Colby Cosh: Carney's lost opportunity to stand by his capitalist, tax-sheltering ways

Colby Cosh: Carney's lost opportunity to stand by his capitalist, tax-sheltering ways

Capitalist Carney, who has had little time to brush up his act as a politician, is still occasionally visible through the Captain Canada garb

30.03.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: American bewildered Canada offended by tariffs

One of the novel features of the trade situation is, in fact, some disgust and disappointment with the American people

11.03.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: Yes, you should boo the American national anthem

Americans need to hear our displeasure directly, if only to be convinced that our governments are acting with our approval

08.03.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: Wayne Gretzky, Canada's forgotten patriot

04.03.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: Trump's aluminum tariffs are already a failure

U.S. aluminum premiums have doubled since the election, and they'll only get worse if tariffs hit March 12. Americans will be hardest hit

27.02.2025 3

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Colby Cosh: A CBC head tax — the next big Liberal idea that no one asked for

Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge would nearly double the broadcaster's federal funding under her proposed model

23.02.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: Is there even a case for the Liberal high-speed rail plan?

20.02.2025 3

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Colby Cosh: Trump's tariff threats will only strengthen Canadian independence

Free-trade talks collapsed in 1911, triggering widespread Canadian nationalism, when the Americans mused about absorbing us. History repeats

17.02.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: What makes Trump's aluminum tariffs especially crazy? We're the only game in town

Canada's aluminum producers will carry on as before and pass along the tax to U.S. customers

13.02.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: The trade war's other casualty — the U.S. Constitution

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Colby Cosh: Will working from home help solve the fertility problem?

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Colby Cosh: Freeland's capital-gains flip-flop

27.01.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: Obama, Biden were midwives to the openly imperial Trump phenomenon

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Colby Cosh: Trumpian rhetorical magic provokes Canadian national unity crisis

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Colby Cosh: Christy Clark should have doubled down on being a conservative

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Colby Cosh: Mark Carney's desecration of central bank neutrality

14.01.2025 10

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Colby Cosh: The injustice of the CRA's capital-gains grab

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Colby Cosh: We can't have nice downtowns with so many aggressive vagrants milling about

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Colby Cosh: Mark Carney's big non-reveal

With rumours circulating for weeks, the former central banker walked into the spotlight to tell us … nothing at all You can save this article by...

04.01.2025 8

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Colby Cosh: It turns out pre-1970 legal rulings do matter

Analysis by legal historian exposes flaws in remarks by Chief Justice Richard Wagner You can save this article by registering for free here. Or...

28.12.2024 5

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Colby Cosh: Assisted suicide — Canada's latest solution to loneliness

Open-ended, judge-determined criteria for euthanasia takes us to icky places You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if...

21.12.2024 10

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Colby Cosh: As Notley exits, Alberta NDP now Nenshi's party to fumble

The former premier of Alberta will soon resign her seat. If her successor, Naheed Nenshi, tries to rebrand the party, that will be a mistake You...

13.12.2024 5

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Colby Cosh: The apocalypse that never was still haunts generation X

Hal Lindsey, end-of-the-world thinker and author of 'The Late Great Planet Earth,' died Nov. 25. His ideas continue to linger You can save this...

08.12.2024 4

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Colby Cosh: Supreme Court pondering whether Liberals can indeed muzzle parliamentarians

Can Parliament validly pass an act that simply abolished its own free-speech privileges outright? Prof. Ryan Alford is finding out You can save...

30.11.2024 3

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Colby Cosh: Trudeau's $250 'working Canadian' bribes won't restore his broken popularity

I expect the prime minister to step aside sometime in January when the failure of this transparent, cynical manoeuvre becomes apparent You can save...

26.11.2024 4

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Colby Cosh: The impending implosion of Trudeau's 'win-win-win' EV battery plant deal

Sweden's Northvolt, to which Canada has pledged $2.7 billion, could be headed for bankruptcy You can save this article by registering for free...

20.11.2024 4

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Colby Cosh: Mike Tyson's blunt, honest take about 'legacies'

'It means absolutely nothing to me,' says legendary boxer You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an...

19.11.2024 2

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Colby Cosh: Democrats told Americans the president doesn't matter — what a mistake

Joe Biden's presidency has been treated like a costume whose wearer’s identity is irrelevant. Did voters take the hint? You can save this article...

07.11.2024 2

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Colby Cosh: Elon Musk's get-out-the-vote gamble

The zillionaire rocketeer's giveaway lottery for newly registered American voters might land him in prison You can save this article by registering...

01.11.2024 1

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Colby Cosh: It's time for the new highest prime number celebratory feast

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. On Monday, the human species was informed of the...

26.10.2024 2

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Colby Cosh: Ethics naysayers can't stop extinct species from returning to life

The thylacine, or 'Tasmanian tiger,' is poised for a Jurassic Park-style resurrection You can save this article by registering for free here. Or...

20.10.2024 10

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Colby Cosh: Affirming those who do not believe in the existence of Alberta

A research questionnaire felt the need to lend legitimacy to those who don't recognize the province You can save this article by registering for...

12.10.2024 2

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Colby Cosh: Justin Trudeau isn't actually sorry for fumbling electoral reform

He's sorry he didn't use his majority to bring in ranked ballots, which not even the PR movement wants You can save this article by registering for...

08.10.2024 1

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Colby Cosh: The Supreme Court, where pre-1970s rulings don't matter

Chief Justice Richard Wagner has the factually questionable belief that older rulings are irrelevant in Canadian law You can save this article by...

03.10.2024 2

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Colby Cosh: The time of novels is ending; the age of post-literacy is nearly here

Students are struggling to read big books cover-to-cover — which means the classic novel could become a niche taste You can save this article by...

02.10.2024 5

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Colby Cosh: How socialist Cuba charted its own demographic doom

The working-age adults of Cubankind are leaving for the United States You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you...

19.09.2024 2

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Colby Cosh: David Eby's timely reversal on involuntary treatment for drug addiction

Five weeks out from the B.C. election, the premier is taking a more forceful approach to keep addicts from dying in the street You can save this...

17.09.2024 1

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Colby Cosh: Lululemon's sweetheart deal for temporary foreign workers

The mandatory requirements to hire Canadians first were bypassed You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an...

14.09.2024 3

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Colby Cosh: The public history of Joe Biden's pantomime presidency

News commentators' last-ditch defence of the president's mental capacities may have failed, but the U.S. still has a zombie in charge You can save...

04.09.2024 2

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Colby Cosh: It's up to you to win, John Rustad

Kevin Falcon's mercy-killing of the BC United campaign has given Rustad total control over the makeup of the conservative slate You can save this...

30.08.2024 2

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Colby Cosh: At least Poilievre understands the fatal dangers of socialism

Beardos, tankies and Green Party grannies struggle to accept that revolutionary socialism has multiple failure modes that lead to mass death You...

29.08.2024 2

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Colby Cosh: Is a Canadian a Canadian if he first tortured prisoners for ISIS?

A terrorist was granted citizenship, and Trudeau's reforms to revocation laws might mean we're stuck with him You can save this article by...

15.08.2024 2

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Colby Cosh: Ontario-style judicial statistics could do the rest of Canada some good

Imagine if we took the public nature of criminal justice half as seriously as the lawyers take judicial impunity You can save this article by...

13.08.2024 1

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Colby Cosh: Demolition — Alberta's response to an old architectural wonder

The old Royal Alberta Museum will be destroyed, despite its popularity, high artistic quality and its place in the historic life of the province...

09.08.2024 1

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Colby Cosh: Universal basic income is a recipe for fiscal suicide (for so many reasons)

Not only does it have a high cost, UBI drains the labour force by discouraging work and boosting leisure time, says one big-picture study You can...

30.07.2024 1

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Colby Cosh: J.D. Vance has supported giving parents more votes — so has Chrystia Freeland

The proposal is often endorsed by left-wing thinkers You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. One...

26.07.2024 1

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Colby Cosh: The bankers' revolt against Canada's tidal wave of immigration

Labour markets are softening into goo; newcomers are increasingly unemployed; housing supply growth has been pathetic. The Bank of Canada is not...

25.07.2024 1

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Colby Cosh: Secret Service director's resignation was probably inevitable

The service cannot prevent all political assassinations, but it must deter. On July 13, it struggled to do even that You can save this article by...

24.07.2024 1

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