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Linda McQuaig

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Spanish prime minister shows Carney how to take on Trump

16.04.2026 10

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Carney could learn from the Spanish prime minister how to take on Trump

16.04.2026 10

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Spanish prime minister shows Carney how to take on Trump

16.04.2026 10

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Copying the US economically is not the road to happiness

07.04.2026 8

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Avi Lewis may be onto something

02.04.2026 9

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We should stop trying to copy unhappy America

02.04.2026 10

St. Catharines Standard

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We should stop trying to copy unhappy America

02.04.2026 10

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Doug Ford shows why we need a wealth tax

19.03.2026 10

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We need a wealth tax

19.03.2026 40

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We need a wealth tax

19.03.2026 40

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A left-wing populist is what the NDP needs in the age of obscene wealth inequality

05.03.2026 40

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Time for a left-wing populist

05.03.2026 30

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While resisting Trump, Carney is giving corporations a free-hand

19.02.2026 30

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Carney’s vision at Davos ignores the UN and smaller nations

05.02.2026 20

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Carney wants Canada ‘at the table.’ What about other nations ‘on the menu’?

05.02.2026 10

St. Catharines Standard

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Carney wants Canada ‘at the table.’ What about other nations ‘on the menu’?

05.02.2026 10

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Stopping Trump will require nations to stand together

10.01.2026 20

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The best way to stop Trump’s boundless territorial ambitions is for nations to stand together

09.01.2026 10

St. Catharines Standard

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The best way to stop Trump’s boundless territorial ambitions is for nations to stand together

09.01.2026 10

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Canadians care, yet this issue never makes it onto the political agenda

26.12.2025 20

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The Alberta pipeline deal will bring us closer to climate Armageddon

12.12.2025 20

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Public service job cuts are a self-inflicted wound that affects everyone

02.12.2025 20

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Why do we mourn jobs killed by Trump, but not ones we kill ourselves?

28.11.2025 10

St. Catharines Standard

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Left-wing populist Avi Lewis might be the answer to the banker Mark Carney

14.11.2025 30

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With Carney’s budget prioritizing the business elite, could this be Canada’s Mamdani moment?

13.11.2025 10

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Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ is not something Canada should be a part of

31.10.2025 20

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The very Canadian rebellion that made us who we are

11.10.2025 30

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Postal banking once made Canada Post profitable — and could again

01.10.2025 60

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Postal banking once made Canada Post profitable — and could again

01.10.2025 10

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Postal banking once made Canada Post profitable — and could again

30.09.2025 10

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This is the national project Mark Carney should have chosen

19.09.2025 20

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Mark Carney should pursue renewable energy as a national project

18.09.2025 20

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Canada can do more to help starving children in Gaza

06.09.2025 20

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Canada can do more to help starving children in Gaza — but it would require some real leadership

04.09.2025 30

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The marketplace will not solve climate change

25.08.2025 20

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Climate change is a solvable problem — but it can’t be left to the marketplace because profits depend on blocking the transition from fossil fuel

22.08.2025 10

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One of our key economic sectors is outside of Donald Trump’s grasp. Let’s not take it for granted

08.08.2025 30

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Trump tariffs can’t touch public health; we should invest in this key economic sector

08.08.2025 20

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Carney’s military spending should be paid for by a wealth tax

25.07.2025 10

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I’m all for shared sacrifice, but let’s be clear about who should really foot the bill for Mark Carney’s proposed military spending

25.07.2025 20

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I’m all for shared sacrifice, but let’s be clear about who should really foot the bill for Mark Carney’s proposed military spending

24.07.2025 10

St. Catharines Standard

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Mark Carney should have condemned the US attack on Iran

12.07.2025 10

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The U.S. bombing of Iran’s nuclear site will only further destabilize the Middle East

11.07.2025 20

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As climate induced hell-fires rage across the country, Canada looks to build pipelines — in the name of national unity

13.06.2025 20

St. Catharines Standard

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Carney’s joint statement with France and UK on ‘intolerable’ conditions in Gaza a strong first step

30.05.2025 10

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Mark Carney’s stand on Gaza could actually make a difference

29.05.2025 20

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There’s much talk about building a stronger Canada, but silence about the one strategy that actually worked

16.05.2025 10

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Public enterprises, not corporate tax cuts, will strengthen Canada

15.05.2025 10

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Although diminished, the NDP still have leverage. Here’s how they should use it

01.05.2025 20

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The NDP has leverage in this Parliament, and here’s how they can use it

01.05.2025 20

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