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Did the Conservatives go too hard on Jagmeet Singh?

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Robyn Urback

Mark Carney undermines his ‘adult in the room’ aspirations by keeping button-making staffers

15.04.2025 7

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Trump’s policies will send asylum seekers to Canada’s border. What’s our plan?

10.04.2025 8

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Robyn Urback

A wedge has emerged on religious freedom. Pierre Poilievre is on the right side of it

10.04.2025 10

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Pierre Poilievre has a women problem

03.04.2025 10

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It is astonishing – and reprehensible – that Paul Chiang remains a Liberal candidate

31.03.2025 9

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Upon reflection, I have decided to spend less time with my family and run for re-election

27.03.2025 20

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Mark Carney is offering voters the other guy’s ideas, without the other guy

25.03.2025 10

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The chilling case of Mahmoud Khalil should enrage anyone who purports to support freedom

21.03.2025 8

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Pierre Poilievre’s strength is as an attack dog. But he’s growling against the wrong target

19.03.2025 10

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Infection point: How vaccine mandates killed the Justin Trudeau brand

07.03.2025 10

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Canada’s frightening new reality: our next door neighbour has upended the world order

07.03.2025 6

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Wab Kinew has the makings of a great national leader

21.02.2025 10

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You can love your country and still think it’s broken

19.02.2025 6

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Society’s brainworms have gotten so bad, we can’t even recognize a swastika as a hate symbol

13.02.2025 10

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‘Who can take on Trump’ is the wrong question. ‘Who can make Canada resilient to him’ is the right one

12.02.2025 9

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Justin Trudeau’s final disgrace: Leaving Parliament prorogued during a crisis

07.02.2025 8

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This near-trade war should shock Canada out of our stupor

04.02.2025 10

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Where are our friends in Canada’s fight against Trump’s tariffs?

30.01.2025 10

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Here are the actual reasons Doug Ford is calling an early election in Ontario

27.01.2025 10

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The rest of Canada should stop vilifying Danielle Smith, and start listening to her

24.01.2025 7

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Chrystia Freeland pitches Trump’s animosity for her as her strength. It’s her incorrigible weakness

21.01.2025 20

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Pierre Poilievre launches his campaign against the ghost of Justin Trudeau

17.01.2025 10

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We need a single Captain Canada, not a bunch of cadets fighting for Trump’s ear

15.01.2025 9

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How we went from Trudeaumania 2.0 to a resignation at Rideau Cottage

09.01.2025 8

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Justin Trudeau resigned too late. There is no salvaging the Liberal Party now

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, on Jan. 6. Trudeau announced his resignation, saying he...

06.01.2025 6

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Conservatives give into their worst impulses with their ‘Wacko’ movie on Trudeau

Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Dec. 20, 2024. DAVE CHAN/AFP/...

03.01.2025 4

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We’ve lost our national identity – and with it, our pride in our country

In his 1997 book National Dreams: Myth, Memory and Canadian History, which explores the roots, foundations and part-truths that form the basis of...

27.12.2024 10

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Chrystia Freeland’s years of loyalty culminates in a humiliating and tragic end

If you squint and use a little imagination, you can see the pile of brains sitting outside the cabinet room on Parliament Hill. That pile has been...

16.12.2024 4

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The Gladue principles deny justice for victims of intimate partner violence

Last month, the B.C. Court of Appeal significantly reduced the sentence for a man who stalked, threatened and abused his ex-partner. David Murtagh...

05.12.2024 10

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Trump won’t negotiate with a Prime Minister he sees as a loser-in-waiting. We need an election

President-elect Donald Trump arrives before the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Boca Chica, Texas, on Nov. 19....

28.11.2024 10

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Good news, Canada! The economy is great, it’s just your ‘vibes’ that are bad

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland holds a news conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Nov. 25. Sean...

27.11.2024 7

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Young voters are not moving right. Conservative parties are moving toward them

Jubilant supporters of Donald Trump arrive for his election night gathering in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 5. SCOTT MCINTYRE/The New York Times...

21.11.2024 5

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The Randy Boissonnault scandal has become a clown show

Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages Minister Randy Boissonnault speaks in the House of Commons, in Ottawa, on Nov. 18. Adrian...

20.11.2024 2

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What kind of functional country lets alleged criminals, by the hundreds, walk free? Canada, apparently

A man walks past the Supreme Court of Canada, in Ottawa on June 16, 2023. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press In April, a Toronto man accused of...

15.11.2024 3

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What kind of functional country lets accused criminals, by the hundreds, walk free? Canada, apparently

A man walks past the Supreme Court of Canada, in Ottawa on June 16, 2023. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press In April, a Toronto man accused of...

14.11.2024 3

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In preparation for Trump 2.0, Ottawa must broadcast that our border is closed

A single male migrant arrives at the unofficial border crossing point at Roxham Road, in Québec on March 24, 2023. He was advised by Police...

12.11.2024 4

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Joe Biden kneecapped the Democrats – and deserves much of the blame for their loss

Nearly every speaker at the Democratic National Convention in August spent at least a few moments fluffing the ego of President Joe Biden. Mr....

07.11.2024 10

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Donald Trump, Mr. Invincible, has triumphed once again

Donald Trump thanks his staff at his campaign headquarters on election day, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Donald Trump has...

06.11.2024 3

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What’s at stake for Canada in the U.S. election

Prime minister Lester B. Pearson once said that to live alongside the United States is “like living with your wife. At times it is difficult to...

31.10.2024 9

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Justin Trudeau is spoiling for a fight, even if it means taking his party down with him

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks to Question Period through the House of Commons foyer on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Oct. 29. Blair...

29.10.2024 3

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Are we supposed to pretend Doug Ford’s $200 ‘rebate’ isn’t a pre-election bribe?

Ontario Premier Doug Ford attends Question Period as the Ontario Legislature resumes in Toronto on Oct. 21. Chris Young/The Canadian Press A decade...

24.10.2024 10

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Ontario should stop penalizing family doctors when their patients visit walk-in clinics

Former Health Minister Dr. Jane Philpott calls for universal pharmacare legislation during a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept....

22.10.2024 5

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A hard diversity quota for medical-school admissions is a terrible, counterproductive idea

Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Medicine is aiming to welcome its first cohort of residents and students at its location in Brampton,...

18.10.2024 4

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When does a crowd cheering the death of Canada become an emergency?

Demonstrators march during a pro-Palestine rally marking the anniversary of a Hamas attack on Israel, in Vancouver, on Oct. 7. ETHAN CAIRNS/The...

11.10.2024 7

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Pierre Poilievre, champion of the little guy, just voted to hurt young workers

Leader of the Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Oct. 3....

08.10.2024 7

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Canada is sleepwalking into a refugee crisis. We need to act now

This government isn’t great at acting on warnings. Back in 2017, the Senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs committee released a report that,...

03.10.2024 10

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The Bloc’s ransom demands are terrible. The Liberals should tell them to kick rocks

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves Francois Blanchet speaks with reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons on Sept. 19 in Ottawa. Adrian Wyld/The...

01.10.2024 5

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It’s 2024: Why are there still formula shortages in Canada?

Back in 2022, on New Year’s Eve, my husband and another desperate new dad both found themselves in a barren aisle in Shoppers Drug Mart, looking...

27.09.2024 8

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A spiralling Trump resorts to a tried-and-true tactic: blaming the Jews

Former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, during the Israeli American Council National Summit in Washington, on Sept....

24.09.2024 4

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