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Jamie Sarkonak: Judge accuses officer of 'unconscious' anti-Black racism without direct evidence

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Jamie Sarkonak: The King's land acknowledgement undermined his own authority

The throne speech, which was supposed to be a subtle message of 'buzz off' to the United States, put Canadian sovereignty into question

29.05.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta is right to take graphic sex books out of elementary schools

28.05.2025 3

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Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta is right to take graphic sex books out of elementary schools

28.05.2025 7

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Jamie Sarkonak: Education student punished for questioning decolonization sues UWO

Margaret Munn questioned her professors on decolonization, and her career has suffered for it. Now, she's seeking justice

27.05.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Looks like the courts aren't actually systemically racist

22.05.2025 2

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Jamie Sarkonak: Steven Guilbeault clings to the myth of peak oil

Beware net-zero activists claiming demand is about to drop

17.05.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta's separatist minority is too small, divided to get its way

16.05.2025 9

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Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta's separatist minority is too small, divided to get its way

Most people in the province see themselves as Canadian

15.05.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Carney's cabinet not the worst he could do to Alberta, I guess

An ex-CEO and former oilsands development board chair as energy minister isn't bad, but plenty other appointees herald disappointment

14.05.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Treaties can't be relied upon to stop Alberta from leaving

09.05.2025 9

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Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta's separation threats weaken hand against Liberals

07.05.2025 9

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Jamie Sarkonak: Judges usurp government for drug addicts and cyclists

The Ontario legislature should be allowed to remove bike lanes and ban drug consumption sites near schools — but the courts won't let it

06.05.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta is right to challenge Ottawa's clean-electricity overstep

05.05.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Mark Carney's election win already has economists worried

03.05.2025 4

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Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta unites, once again, against the left

01.05.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Trump's belligerence left Poilievre's campaign no room for error

29.04.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Carney's immigration plan a recipe for more overcrowding

28.04.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Just like Trudeau, Carney is planning to go full steam ahead on DEI

Both his platform and his career past show strong support for the same kind of identity-based policies that have defined the Trudeau era

24.04.2025 9

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Jamie Sarkonak: Who won the debate? Poilievre, easy

Carney seemed to be on the drowsy hunt for his next administrative post

18.04.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Why Poilievre's three strikes plan for violent offenders has promise

Academics who criticize the proposal ignore the the favourable evidence

17.04.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: The Greens don't belong in the debates

They get too much attention as is

15.04.2025 7

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Jamie Sarkonak: Tariffs are to Trump what DEI is to the left

It's a supposed solution to a massive economic injustice that doesn't clearly exist

10.04.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Canada's cities are riddled with crime. Carney has no plan

His entire take on justice can be reduced to rare emotional engagements. Poilievre, on the other hand, is offering solutions

08.04.2025 4

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Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta independence is a pipe dream

07.04.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Plunging gas prices? More like fake Liberal charity

04.04.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Liberals offended by Poilievre’s compassion for ‘biological clock’ problem

02.04.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: CBC, the Star smear Poilievre's savings account in defence of Carney

01.04.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Recovery from the lost decade means ditching the Impact Assessment Act

Onerous law requires companies conduct extensive socioeconomic studies, covering sexual health, social cohesion, job markets and diversity

31.03.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Mark Carney's boomer campaign

He appeals to those who were adults in the 1990s

27.03.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Liberals pledge to make Canada a superpower after years of preventing it

22.03.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: RIP to the Conservative media bus

In 2019, there were complaints that the Conservative media bus fee was too low. The crowd is tough to please

20.03.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Criticize transgender activists at your professional peril

18.03.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Rustad's free speech credentials crumble over unconfirmed graves

Conservatives struggle to challenge Indigenous issues, and the ouster MLA Dallas Brodie is just the latest example

17.03.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Doug Ford, Canada's hero on the front line

He's taken the lead on defending Canadian sovereignty

13.03.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Mark Carney has forever politicized the Bank of Canada

It doesn't matter that he is no longer in the role, the fact that he once held it is enough

10.03.2025 20

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Jamie Sarkonak: Federal bureaucrat-activists strike again with 'Understanding Islamophobia' guide

09.03.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Canada squandered its chance to grow up after Russia invasion

05.03.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: The Supreme Court's cowardly X exit

28.02.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: P.E.I.'s Dennis King was the only premier with the guts to tackle immigration

26.02.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Trump's empire dismantling should please woke decolonialists

As it pulls back from the role as world hegemon, the American right is starting to sound a lot like the 'land back' left

22.02.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Carney's carbon credit plan would be the next Liberal boondoggle

Carbon offsets are hard to quantify and credit markets are notoriously open to fraud

21.02.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Poilievre's genuine patriotism is the answer to Trump's threats

Don't trust faux Liberal nationalism

16.02.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Chrystia Freeland's socialist disaster of an affordability plan

14.02.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Carney's carbon plan would punish Canada, just like Trump's tariffs

Workers are being squeezed between a tariff hawk and pair of economic cannibals

12.02.2025 8

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Jamie Sarkonak: Conservatives must prepare for a public service cull

09.02.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Taking down internal trade barriers won't be Canada's saving grace

07.02.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: The foreign interference verdict is in — all Canadians are to blame

For months, various juicy allegations of wrongdoing have oozed out of the intelligence space. One by one, Hogue’s report snuffed them out

30.01.2025 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: The power of J.D. Vance

By standing his ground in a hostile CNN interview on Sunday, the vice-president demonstrated why he's the champion of young conservatives

28.01.2025 2

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Jamie Sarkonak: Feds’ racial politics have plunged Canadian fisheries into chaos

Identity-based redistribution programs have been a disaster for fishermen on both coasts

27.01.2025 10

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