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Kelly McParland: Poilievre Conservatives remain a house divided

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23.02.2026 20

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Kelly McParland: Souring Americans say Biden was better

Americans may have begun to grasp the heavy cost of returning Trump as president

18.02.2026 40

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Kelly McParland: 'Free' Cuba could carry a heavy price

Rebuilding a regime-changed Cuba would require Washington's long-term commitment and enormous expenditures, not something it's noted for

13.02.2026 6

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Kelly McParland: Divided Democrats remain a blessing for Trump

08.02.2026 6

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Kelly McParland: Alberta ponders high-risk separatism gamble in uncertain world

29.01.2026 3

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Kelly McParland: Zelenskyy's "truth bombs" echo Carney's call for unity

"You can't build a new world order out of words, only actions create real order," Ukraine president asserts

26.01.2026 10

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Kelly McParland: Carney the salesman hustles the goods

20.01.2026 9

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Kelly McParland: How water corruption is bringing down the Iranian regime

13.01.2026 20

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Kelly McParland: Canada shouldn't panic over Venezuelan oil

The world has plenty of oil on hand. There are easier places than Venezuela to get more

11.01.2026 20

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Kelly McParland: Trump is about to find out toppling Maduro was the easy part

04.01.2026 20

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Kelly McParland: Can Poilievre steal back his agenda?

22.12.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: The U.S. builds a border wall around itself with new travel rules

16.12.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Trouble in the ranks of Canada's opposition bosses

09.12.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Climate warriors failed. We need to think outside the box

03.12.2025 20

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Kelly McParland: Carney buries Trudeau's 'feminist foreign policy'

24.11.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Swedish jet offer is about more than just planes

New parents quickly develop a keen understanding of the gains to be had from anything that helps avoid waking the baby. Peace and quiet for one thing....

19.11.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Old Age Security would be fixed if Liberals hadn't undone Harper reforms

But, let's be clear about the program. OAS is not handing billions of dollars to fatcats

11.11.2025 20

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Kelly McParland: Is the head of Nicolás Maduro worth the bodybags?

Trump's Caribbean military buildup is much greater than previously thought

04.11.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: 30 years of bad climate policy comes home to roost

29.10.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Ontario speed camera plan a major auto wreck

There's overwhelming evidence showing speed cameras save lives. Why should law-breakers get a free pass?

23.10.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Peacemaker Trump prepares a war

While the administration was heralding Trump's success in achieving a ceasefire in Gaza, it was blowing up a boat in the waters off Venezuela

22.10.2025 9

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Kelly McParland: Peacemaker Trump prepares a war

21.10.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Don't worry, the NDP isn't about to give up its purity tests

07.10.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Carney's Canada 2.0 project set for November launch

This budget will signal how the prime minister wants to rebuild Canada

30.09.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Trump hurls rocks at a glass Fed

04.09.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Carney's agenda stopped dead by industries addicted to Ottawa's largess

26.08.2025 20

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Kelly McParland: Oval office slapstick brings Ukraine no closer to peace

20.08.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Alaska summit offers no hope for Ukraine compromise

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hasn't even been invited. Expect nothing but drift from this summit

14.08.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: The 21st century scores an F in history

12.08.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: How Toronto built a condo glut amid a housing shortage

28.07.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Epstein scandal is the essence of Trump

MAGA is a movement founded on conspiracy theories and it absolutely believes there’s a conspiracy going on

22.07.2025 20

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Kelly McParland: EV mandate another fanciful Trudeau plan Carney forced to reckon with

06.07.2025 30

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Kelly McParland: New York swoons over an American Justin Trudeau

Zohran Mamdani is a man with a brand, a New Yorker with a remarkably similar look, sound and feel to Canada’s former prime minister

02.07.2025 20

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Kelly McParland: Carney and Ford race to build as anti-development forces coalesce

The usual quagmire of regulatory, legal and activist impediments that have so successfully clogged up Canada’s ability to see through big ideas is...

24.06.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Is the United States worth saving — and how?

14.06.2025 40

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Kelly McParland: Poilievre needs to earn an extension as leader

07.06.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Scorning Trump's Golden Dome would be a mistake

28.05.2025 7

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Kelly McParland: CBC good, Canada Post bad. Explain the difference

23.05.2025 20

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Kelly McParland: Trump behaving like a self-serving monarch

17.05.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Carney's change agenda should start with fixing up 24 Sussex Drive

12.05.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Carney must prioritize quelling western discontent

02.05.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Monday's election was a wake-up call for the Conservatives

30.04.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Carney, Poilievre talk fiscal prudence, but offer the opposite

24.04.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Debate proved Ottawa's leaders need to look inside themselves

Better government starts at the top, and Ottawa's power brokers need to look inside themselves as they consider how to bring it about

21.04.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Carney thinks Canada is too weak to survive without the CBC

15.04.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Mark Carney still can't explain how he's different from Trudeau

10.04.2025 20

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Kelly McParland: Carney and Poilievre struggle to distinguish themselves

On many issues, the two appear to be carbon copies of one another

07.04.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: NDP collapse contains further uncertainties

01.04.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Canadians seek details, Carney offers fog

He dismisses questions about Brookfield investments, including ties to China

26.03.2025 10

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Kelly McParland: Danielle Smith's election help isn't helping

25.03.2025 10

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