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Lawrence Martin

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Donald Trump’s tariff war is too senseless to last a long time

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The book on Pierre Poilievre: He’s ‘an angry teenager in the body of a grown man’

27.03.2025 3

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How the Conservatives can save themselves: Changing Canada’s image as the great white weakling of the North

20.03.2025 10

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Team Canada is giving Trump a beating in the tariff war

13.03.2025 10

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Canada faces a tough road ahead – but we can survive this trade war

06.03.2025 5

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No one rained on Carney’s parade, and now, he’s set to be our next prime minister

26.02.2025 10

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Canada’s biggest political comeback could well be in the making

20.02.2025 5

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Thank you, President Trump: You’ve united Canada

06.02.2025 8

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A message from the Americans: Quite frankly Canada, we don’t give a damn

30.01.2025 40

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While Trump spurns Canada, China opens the door

23.01.2025 4

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Barring big blunders, the Liberal leadership is Mark Carney’s to lose

15.01.2025 9

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Gretzky and Orr need to have a real faceoff with their man, Donald Trump

09.01.2025 30

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The year of the culture shift: In 2024, women took the sporting world by storm

Toronto Sceptres players celebrate defeating the Boston Fleet in a PWHL hockey game on Dec. 27, 2024. Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press It...

01.01.2025 2

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Trudeau is finished. Carney and LeBlanc are the ones to watch in a Liberal leadership race

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers remarks during a National Caucus holiday event in Ottawa, on Dec. 17. Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press...

19.12.2024 7

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Canada has survived many bilateral crises. It will survive Trump

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and former U.S. president Donald Trump arrive to take part in a plenary session at the NATO Summit in Watford,...

12.12.2024 4

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Justin Trudeau’s next dinner date should be with Elon Musk

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes his way through the foyer outside the House of Commons prior to Question Period in Ottawa on Dec. 4. Sean...

05.12.2024 5

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Canada must not cower before Donald Trump’s bullying

Former U.S. president Donald Trump, left, listens to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as they walk towards the Oval Office of the White House...

28.11.2024 7

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Donald Trump is winning the war against the mainstream media

Heading into America’s election day, the mainstream media wrote repeatedly that the race was neck-and-neck, a dead heat. When Donald Trump won...

21.11.2024 3

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Trump’s team wants Trudeau out in favour of the populist Poilievre

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speak prior to a NATO round table meeting at The Grove hotel and resort, in...

13.11.2024 5

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Trump’s amazing triumph: Americans make their sinner a historic winner

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during an election night event at the West Palm Beach Convention...

06.11.2024 3

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A Trump victory won’t just be a win - it will be a takeover

In the final days of the presidential campaign, Kamala Harris is casting Donald Trump as a “petty tyrant,” out for “unchecked power.” She’s...

30.10.2024 3

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Bob Woodward’s warning: With Donald Trump, fascism is at the gate

Author and investigative journalist Bob Woodward speaks at The Town Hall in New York on April 8. KARSTEN MORAN/The New York Times News Service Bob...

24.10.2024 10

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Foreign crises are getting in the way of the inevitable: Trudeau’s departure

The Justin Trudeau loyalists are digging in. There’s a “considerable cadre who want him to move on,” long-time Liberal MP John McKay told me....

17.10.2024 5

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The radicalized Elon Musk could determine the U.S. election’s outcome

Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk reacts next to Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. president Donald Trump during a campaign rally, at...

10.10.2024 5

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Tim Walz’s weak debate performance leaves the Trump-Vance ticket looking less scary

Sen. JD Vance, Ohio, and Democratic vice-presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz participate during a vice-presidential debate hosted by CBS...

02.10.2024 4

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The U.S. voting gender gap is now a chasm – wide enough to beat Trump

Supporters cheer as Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris waves during a campaign event, on Sept. 12, in Greensboro, N.C....

25.09.2024 2

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The Liberals would do better if they replace their dead man walking

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks in the House of Commons, in Ottawa, on Sept. 16. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press The past isn’t always...

18.09.2024 4

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The victorious Harris should resist the urge to debate Trump again

What was the Kamala Harris team thinking in offering Donald Trump the chance of another debate, after decisively beating him in the ABC debate on...

11.09.2024 2

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Canadians are fretting too much about Trump’s trade threats

As the American election approaches, the message to Canadians from both the U.S. ambassador in Ottawa and our ambassador in Washington is that...

04.09.2024 4

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Donald Trump has the Trudeau problem - voter fatigue

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. president Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Glendale, Ariz., on Aug. 23. Go Nakamura/Reuters The...

29.08.2024 8

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A focus on values over policy elevates the Democratic convention

Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks on stage during the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Aug. 20 in...

21.08.2024 5

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Does Coach Walz push the Democratic ticket too far left?

Democratic vice-presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pa., on Aug. 6. Matt Rourke/The...

07.08.2024 2

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Let’s stop bashing Canada’s defence spending

Is there any chance we can stop beating ourselves up over our defence spending? Should everything in respect to our contributions to war and peace...

31.07.2024 1

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Ten reasons why the Democrats without Joe Biden can win in November

U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris, delivers remarks to the women and men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Champion teams in her...

22.07.2024 2

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