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Marcus Gee

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Politicians should be preparing Canadians to face hard times, not showering us with gifts

29.03.2025 8

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A big gift to fix a Toronto gem

21.03.2025 10

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The U.S. is the real source of the fentanyl crisis, not Canada

08.03.2025 10

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Doug Ford’s Ontario election win puts him in a class of his own

28.02.2025 10

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Toronto District School Board should reconsider the decision to rename three schools

08.02.2025 10

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Ford’s cynical election call should disabuse voters of the notion that he’s just a straight-shooting regular guy

01.02.2025 6

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It’s time to end public funding for Catholic schools in Ontario

25.01.2025 10

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Doug Ford has become Canada’s unlikely champion against Trump’s tariff pledge

18.01.2025 10

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Thanks Trump, for reminding Canadians why our country is worth fighting for

11.01.2025 7

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Don’t lionize the Parkside vandal

Parkside runs along the flank of High Park and many drivers are often in a hurry and blow past the posted speed limits. A speed camera installed on...

04.01.2025 2

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Winston Churchill is back – with lessons about leadership in a time of tyranny

A statue of Winston Churchill is silhouetted against the Houses of Parliament and the early morning sky in London. Matt Dunham/The Associated Press...

24.12.2024 8

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Toronto city manager’s rejection of ridiculous report should be applauded

An Ombudsman's report looked at a brief period in 2022 and 2023, when the city was turning refugee claimants away from its main system of homeless...

14.12.2024 6

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Is Doug Ford really ‘getting it done’?

Ontario Premier Doug Ford shares a joke with Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, as they attend the Ontario...

09.12.2024 4

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Doug Ford needs to build more toll highways to solve Toronto’s traffic crisis, not buy back the 407

Premier Doug Ford said this fall that buying back the 407 could cost around $35-billion, a staggering amount of money to spend on an asset that...

30.11.2024 4

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Canadians must beware of sneaky politicians bribing them with their own money

The supposedly tight-fisted Premier Doug Ford has added ten of billions to Ontario’s debt load, which now exceeds $400-billion. The 200-buck bribe...

23.11.2024 4

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Shootout mayhem on Queen Street West is another blow to Toronto’s eroding sense of safety

Police display seized firearms, taken as part of an investigation called Operation Moneypenny, in Toronto, on April 11, 2023. Kiernan Green/The...

16.11.2024 4

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Doug Ford needs a reminder that he’s premier of Ontario not mayor of Toronto

If a city of three million with a duly elected council and mayor can’t make a decision for itself about something as local and so clearly within...

09.11.2024 10

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Charles the gorilla’s quiet stardom at the Toronto Zoo reminded us we’re animals, too

The Toronto Zoo says Charles, a 52-year-old silverback gorilla who had shown signs of deteriorating health recently, passed away on Oct. 29. Nathan...

02.11.2024 30

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Like Doug Ford, Robert Moses was hell-bent on building more, better, wider roads

Premier Doug Ford is even talking about digging a giant traffic tunnel under the city’s biggest and busiest highway, the 401, an idea that most...

26.10.2024 3

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Robert Fulford was a master of his ‘noble profession’

Robert Fulford in his office on Dec. 1, 1977. ERIK CHRISTENSEN/The Globe and Mail Most of us have a work hero, someone who makes us think: I wish I...

19.10.2024 3

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The sad state of Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square

The Toronto sign at Nathan Phillips Square on Sept. 30, 2021. Evan Buhler/The Canadian Press Many great cities have a grand square at their heart....

11.10.2024 2

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My Toronto transit ride shows why it’s not wrong to consider involuntary care for the mentally ill

A streetcar heads east on King Street in downtown Toronto on Nov. 3, 2020. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail Should authorities detain people who refuse...

05.10.2024 8

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Doug Ford’s proposed tunnel under Highway 401 is transparently political

A stretch of the 401 highway in Whitby, on April 30. Premier Doug Ford told a news conference that he wants to build a tunnel under the highway....

28.09.2024 5

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Facing Victoria’s Pandora Avenue problem

A small population of homeless people continue to try and live in tents and makeshift sleeping areas along Pandora Ave. in Victoria, B.C., on Sept....

21.09.2024 5

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Parties of both right and left oppose road tolls, and that’s a pity

A drone view shows cars driving along Highway 403 near the CPKC Aberdeen Yard in Hamilton, Ont. on Aug. 19. Carlos Osorio/Reuters The main...

14.09.2024 5

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Letting corner stores sell booze isn’t a disaster in the making – it’s a victory for consumer choice

Ontario is simply getting in step with the rest of the world. Countries from the United Kingdom to the United States, from France to Poland, from...

07.09.2024 7

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High-ranking Toronto cop who cheated in the name of equity received too light a penalty

In the cause of maintaining public order, we give police officers extraordinary powers. We authorize them to make arrests, carry firearms and use...

30.08.2024 3

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Why CUPE leader Fred Hahn must go

Canadian Jews are facing a wave of hate unlike any they have seen in decades. Jewish schools have been shot up. Synagogues have been firebombed. In...

24.08.2024 9

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It’s time to bring John A. Macdonald out of his confinement

Boards encase a statue of Canada's first prime minister, John A. Macdonald, at the base of the lawn of Queen's Park in Toronto on June 21. Cole...

10.08.2024 5

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