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Randall Denley

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Randall Denley: Ford needs to push for more U.S. trade against Carney's talk of less

Randall Denley: Ford needs to push for more U.S. trade against Carney's talk of less

Instead of a complex deal, why not suggest free movement of goods and services across the Canada-U.S. border without tariffs of any sort?

23.04.2026 10

National Post

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Just fire Christiane Fox already | Opinion

Just fire Christiane Fox already | Opinion

Randall Denley: Justin Trudeau treated ethics violations like parking tickets that don't have to be paid. Mark Carney should set a better example.

22.04.2026 20

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ontario's complicated, fractured school system is about to get worse

Randall Denley: Ontario's complicated, fractured school system is about to get worse

Some communities will get full trustee representation, while others will have limited trustee roles or none at all

16.04.2026 10

National Post

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City shouldn't get in the way of private transit here in Ottawa | Opinion

Randall Denley: Improving rural service is never going to rise to the top of OC Transpo’s to do list. Why not look elsewhere for help?

14.04.2026 20

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Doug Ford lets smart policy get overshadowed by unforced errors

He does the right thing to boost Ontario’s stagnant housing industry and increasing new home affordability, but then gets distracted

09.04.2026 20

National Post

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OC Transpo's problems can't be fixed by one person | Opinion

Randall Denley: Rick Leary has a solid CV, but he will find a huge gap between what we can afford and the transit system that some demand.

07.04.2026 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Return to office is not some kind of unusual punishment | Opinion

Randall Denley: Most people work five days a week wherever their employer tells them to go. Public service unions overplayed their hand in...

20.02.2026 50

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ontario finally gets serious about making universities and colleges work for the province

The new approach makes universities and colleges more serious about what programs serve the market while making students pay for the benefit

20.02.2026 20

National Post

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Randall Denley: Carney's EV plan benefits Carney, not Canadian carmakers

13.02.2026 40

National Post

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The vacant unit tax shouldn't treat people this way | Opinion

10.02.2026 30

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: It's time to free Ontario universities from government funding

06.02.2026 20

National Post

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Ottawa debating how to punish itself for OC Transpo service | Opinion

04.02.2026 50

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ford needs to lower housing prices fast and stop Ontario's homebuilding 'inferno'

The benchmark price for a new single family home in the GTA is $1.4 million, a condo just over $1 million. Any solution will need to target price

29.01.2026 20

National Post

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Ottawa's new high-speed rail project isn't life-changing | Opinion

28.01.2026 30

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: The senselessness of Carney selling out Ontario, and Doug Ford, over Chinese cars

Carney’s surprise move was a political sucker punch for Ontario Premier Doug Ford, a guy who thought Carney was his pal

23.01.2026 20

National Post

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Ottawa’s new rules will replace bungalows with condos that lack parking | Opinion

22.01.2026 30

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ontario's bold and vital nuclear expansion will be Doug Ford's legacy

The scale of Ontario’s plan is unlike anything the province has witnessed in the past, likely to exceed $100 billion

15.01.2026 30

National Post

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Ontario was right to get rid of OCDSB trustees | Opinion

14.01.2026 40

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ford should spend less time on the phone and more actually listening

There’s nothing wrong with being positive and the premier is at heart a salesman, but it helps if your optimism is connected to reality

08.01.2026 30

National Post

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How productive is the public service? We'll never know | Opinion

08.01.2026 40

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Cross Ontario's political parties off your donor list this Christmas

When people are focused on family needs and charitable giving, it’s just tone deaf for political parties to stick their hands out

19.12.2025 10

National Post

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Ottawa's smooth budget disguises big problems | Opinion

18.12.2025 40

Ottawa Citizen

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Rural Ottawa most vulnerable from loophole in provincial rules | Opinion

12.12.2025 40

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ontario's education minister scorns the system but offers no fixes

Calandra has raised serious doubts about school trustees, the curriculum, standardized tests, and the level of student achievement

11.12.2025 20

National Post

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Ottawa's future should not be decided by Toronto's new rules | Opinion

05.12.2025 30

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: AG report ignores real improvements in Ontario health care

Shelley Spence’s reports give an unfairly negative impression of the provincial government’s progress on health care

05.12.2025 20

National Post

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Randall Denley: Doug Ford can't talk about big progress when he's fixated on little things

The Ontario provincial government is spending a disproportionate amount of time on policy tweaks and micro-adjustments

28.11.2025 10

National Post

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Randall Denley: Ontario can end sales tax on all home sales without waiting for Ottawa

A full sales-tax rebate would be a smart and gutsy solution to the province’s housing shortage

21.11.2025 10

National Post

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Randall Denley: Federal Liberals are making sure Ontario won't ever get $10-a-day daycare

The bargain-priced child care was over-hyped and underfunded from the start, one of the reasons the Ontario government was the last to sign on to the...

13.11.2025 20

National Post

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Randall Denley: The Ring of Fire won't bring the 'secure' economic future Ontario's government advertises

If digging stuff out of the ground many years from now to send elsewhere is the 'plan to secure our future,' Ontario is in serious trouble

06.11.2025 20

National Post

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Randall Denley: The apartment-tenant lobby scares Ontario away from desperately needed rental reforms

The issue is a tenant’s right to live in an apartment indefinitely on a monthly basis, even after the lease has expired

30.10.2025 20

National Post

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When the public service shrinks, Carney should spare employees with disabilities | Opinion

29.10.2025 30

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Another government anti-red-tape campaign is weak medicine for what ails Ontario

23.10.2025 20

National Post

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Denley: If Sutcliffe cares about his housing plan, he'll end Clublink fight

22.10.2025 20

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ontario prioritizing Ontarian doctors for residency training makes perfect sense

16.10.2025 30

National Post

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Randall Denley: In Ontario, burdensome red tape is for employers, not for government contracts

Lack of transparency in job training contracts is a stark contrast to government’s enthusiasm for meddling in businesses' hiring practices

09.10.2025 20

National Post

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Randall Denley: Doug Ford has to move fast on appointed school boards or back off

One might reasonably wonder whether the premier, who is often influenced by opinion polls, isn’t so sure that getting rid of the trustees is a good...

02.10.2025 20

National Post

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Randall Denley: Skills-training in Ontario is in chaos as the college strike drags on

25.09.2025 20

National Post

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Denley: If Sutcliffe cares about his housing plan, he'll end Clublink fight

24.09.2025 30

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ontario's Liberals get serious by dumping Bonnie Crombie

Voters can be forgiven for not knowing what Crombie stood for. That seemed to be a mystery to Crombie, too

18.09.2025 20

National Post

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Denley: Mayor must reform Ottawa's incompetent, sluggish planning department

16.09.2025 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Championing speeders is an awkward look for law-and-order Doug Ford

What’s the message? Vandalize a speed camera and the premier will take up your case?

11.09.2025 10

National Post

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Denley: Trailer Tales — How a spur-of-the-moment decision made the summer special

09.09.2025 20

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Premier Ford's pro-union political theatrics won't bring more jobs to Ontario

05.09.2025 20

National Post

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Denley: Ottawa public school board is now under central control, but that can't last

02.09.2025 20

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: How to fix the housing affordability problem? Cut the sales tax

The most effective solution to high housing prices is painfully obvious, but neither the provincial nor federal government is willing to act

28.08.2025 20

National Post

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Denley: Just who do Queers for Palestine think they are?

26.08.2025 20

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: I thought Ford wasn't serious about solving the doctor shortage. I was wrong

Despite the strong beginning, one had to wonder what would drive the continued expansion, given all the known negatives

22.08.2025 20

National Post

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Denley: Sens' move to LeBreton Flats is all about land, not about fans

19.08.2025 20

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ford's tax cut ramblings won't make up for the damage Trump's tariffs will do

15.08.2025 10

National Post

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