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Jamie Sarkonak: Political parties exactly the shakeup Alberta city councils need

Unaffiliated councillors have sent Edmonton and Calgary on social justice quests while failing to deliver on core functions. Change is due You can...

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Jamie Sarkonak: Canada's criminal sentencing discounts for non-citizens are unfair

Judges can take immigration jeopardy into account when crafting criminal sentences — a privilege that doesn't apply to Canadians You can save this...

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Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta bends the knee to social studies activists — and they still whine

By appeasing the activist educators who don’t believe in prioritizing knowledge, Alberta's minister of education mis-stepped You can save this...

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Jamie Sarkonak: Canada not 'engulfed' in antisemitism — for the most part, study says

University of Toronto sociologist finds that Canadians generally are pro-Jew, with exceptions among Muslims and university students You can save this...

29.04.2024 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Want to save Canada? Save marriage

As politics polarize along sex-based lines, matrimony offers a force of moderation, happiness and prosperity You can save this article by registering...

25.04.2024 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Liberal encroachment into universities deserves provincial pushback

Danielle Smith's Bill 18 could be the antidote You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. The Liberal...

22.04.2024 8

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Jamie Sarkonak: Liberals, again, use federal budget to advance demographic favoritism

Canada's budget 2024: Canada never needed hundreds of hyper-targeted anti-oppression-themed grants to function, but we're getting it You can save this...

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Jamie Sarkonak: Governor General's online harm symposium was unbefitting of her office

Mary Simon shouldn't wade into the politics of internet comments as Liberals move to regulate them You can save this article by registering for free...

16.04.2024 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Zealous DEI commissars threaten integrity of Canada's medical profession

Wondering where all this goes? Look to New Zealand, where some hospitals have prioritized elective surgeries of Indigenous patients You can save this...

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Jamie Sarkonak: Ontario schools blame social media after years of failing to educate

Toronto, Ottawa school boards would rather sue the owners of TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat than look in the mirror You can save this article by...

08.04.2024 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Trudeau's soon-to-be free birth control scheme is unnecessary and ideological

Liberals are venturing once more into provincial jurisdiction, this time to help women manage the manageable cost of maintaining a uterus You can save...

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Jamie Sarkonak: Social workers are told to push progressive climate, gender politics — or else

A March webinar by an Alberta social work association gave attendees 'speaking points' to help counter province's social policies You can save this...

01.04.2024 6

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Jamie Sarkonak: Woke teachers openly preach as common-sense colleagues are silenced

Promoters of decolonization, social justice and 'anti-oppression education' enjoy the support of the education system You can save this article by...

27.03.2024 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: The Alberta plan to keep homeless camps from springing up again

Ministerial responsibility is the antidote to governmental dysfunction. Thankfully it's alive and well in the province You can save this article by...

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Jamie Sarkonak: The Montreal company that has turned your video games woke

We all know Norse gods are Scandinavian, not African. Don’t force it You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have...

21.03.2024 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: The Armed Forces' inability to replace equipment leaves Canada vulnerable

Training planes for fighter pilots are the latest piece of equipment that has the military scratching its head and leaning on allies The life cycle of...

18.03.2024 7

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Jamie Sarkonak: We didn't need 'person with a vagina' added to the legal vernacular

For the second time in the past year, the Supreme Court of Canada has adopted terminology promoted by gender activists The term “person with a...

14.03.2024 10

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Matthew Lau: To the Liberals, a dysfunctional daycare system is a sign of success

Billions of federal dollars have stretched child-care waitlists into oblivion. The government applauds itself, but parents are struggling We are now...

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Jamie Sarkonak: Blame Dune’s loveless romance on performative gender politics

Visually-stunning masterwork is made hollow by the perfectly independent (but incredibly boring) Strong Female Lead at its core Between its...

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Jamie Sarkonak: Doug Ford is entirely within his right to choose 'like-minded' judges

It's the job of the elected government to staff Ontario's judiciary as it sees fit Ontario Premier Doug Ford wants judges to keep criminals in jail,...

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Jamie Sarkonak: Trudeau's digital bureaucracy will trample the flow of ideas

When do facts that reflect poorly on vulnerable groups become 'harmful content'? The online harms bill isn't clear Bureaucracies usually have a...

29.02.2024 8

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Liberals choosing how porn sites should verify age would be a disaster

Jamie Sarkonak: A porn regulation bill would bestow broad powers upon the cabinet to regulate the internet There are ways to tackle the porn issue...

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Jamie Sarkonak: Homeless camps deserve to be stigmatized

It’s not the state’s place to formally dedicate space to an economy that trades in cruelty and addiction Homeless camps are full of stories that...

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Jamie Sarkonak: Trudeau slides into Alberta to deny he is kneecapping the oilsands

The prime minister can't stop treating us like the 'other' Everyone has an “other,” an enemy, because there always must be a threat on the...

23.02.2024 5

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Jamie Sarkonak: Hockey rape case draws unnecessary mis-apology by London police

In their attempt to express empathy for the complainant, police have only made themselves look guilty When a person apologizes, it’s implied that...

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Jamie Sarkonak: Donald Trump's bad cop routine on NATO was invited by chronic neglect

More dangerous than his threat to abandon allies over military underfunding is the underfunding itself Agreements are built on exchange. You give a...

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Jamie Sarkonak: Auto theft summit won't fix Liberals' disdain for private property

Trudeau said he'll 'consider' tougher penalties for car theft, but don't get your hopes up The auto-theft situation in Canada is bad, folks. Toronto...

12.02.2024 7

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Jamie Sarkonak: Turns out, open hostility to white men isn't great for military recruitment

Identity-driven policies and rhetoric only serve to alienate the military's biggest pool of recruits Like every army ever, the Canadian Armed Forces...

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Jamie Sarkonak: Danielle Smith, the Galileo of our time

Pseudoscience subcultures are typically small, strange and harmless — but the denialists of biological sex are a prolific exception Some people...

06.02.2024 8

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Jamie Sarkonak: Danielle Smith brings reason in the face of hysterical gender activists

Alberta premier in for a fight from publicly funded interest groups that defend sex-change procedures for minors Premier Danielle Smith isn’t taking...

02.02.2024 5

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Jamie Sarkonak: Conservatives need to take back the Senate

As Trudeau marks his 80th appointment, Tories should consider a plan to appoint younger and better candidates to upper house For the 80th time, Prime...

31.01.2024 7

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Jamie Sarkonak: France wants to solve the baby bust, and Canada should too

Centre-left Macron announced a 'demographic rearmament' as births hit post-war low. Facing a similar problem, Canadian politicians are silent A...

29.01.2024 9

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Jamie Sarkonak: Liberals had no place freezing funds of Freedom Convoy protesters

Tuesday's Federal Court decision found the 'economic measures' taken to quell the protest were too broad and harsh to be justified No, it wasn’t OK...

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Jamie Sarkonak: Crackdown on student visas is a welcome change, but will it be enough?

A return to 2021 levels is better than nothing, but that was a miserable time for international students, too With any hope, the Wild West era of...

23.01.2024 6

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Jamie Sarkonak: 'Trans-affirming toolkit' tells teachers to put ideology above biology

Federally-funded document claims the 'gender binary is a colonial and white supremacist structure' that should be dismantled in school Schools are a...

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Jamie Sarkonak: Social justice group had no business trying to preserve homeless camps

Charter challenge to protect Edmonton encampments is dead after advocacy group couldn’t show it had proper expertise to make the case Between recent...

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Jamie Sarkonak: Streets of Toronto latest venue for celebrating Houthi hijackings

'Yemen, Yemen, make us proud, turn another ship around,' chanted demonstrators on Bloor Street last weekend Hundreds of people gathered in Toronto’s...

16.01.2024 10

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J.D. Tuccille: Biden no longer a low-drama unifier after embracing Trump's style

In the absence of any personal selling points, Biden has resorted to lashing out at opponents as a campaign strategy Donald Trump is absolutely...

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Jamie Sarkonak: Rosalie Abella dedicated her career to the ideology used to demonize Israel

South Africa's bogus genocide case against Israel is what happens when her ideas are applied at a global level Former Supreme Court judge Rosalie...

11.01.2024 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Canada chooses irrelevance as Houthis attack Red Sea ships

Once relied upon by western nations to broker peace in the critical seaway, Canada is now a passive onlooker of terrorist attacks Somewhere in the...

11.01.2024 6

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Jamie Sarkonak: Pronoun disclosures — a growing tool of the DEI bureaucracy

These new language codes force people — even doctors and lawyers — to be part of a movement they don't necessarily believe in Every citizen has...

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Jamie Sarkonak: House seeks to divide science based on ethnicity

Rather than a means of discovering objective truths, some are pushing 'Indigenous science' as a means of shaping government policy Does science allow...

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Jamie Sarkonak: It's up to voters to silence Ontario MPP Sarah Jama — not the government

Jama has been unable to speak in the provincial legislature since October Sarah Jama is a diversity-equity-inclusionist fully versed in the lexicon of...

30.12.2023 8

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Jamie Sarkonak: Activist bureaucrats behind travel advisory for LGBT people going to U.S.

Cryptic travel guidance issued by Global Affairs in August was motivated by concerns by American gender activist group, records show Canada issued a...

27.12.2023 7

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Jamie Sarkonak: Racial discounts for sex offenders undermine justice

'This matter is mitigated somewhat by ... a recognition that he has come from a different culture,' reads one recent court decision One would hope...

17.12.2023 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Liberals to mandate reverse discrimination with job quotas for Black, LGBT people

Labour Minister O'Regan plans to expand federal affirmative action regime, further degrade merit and fairness in public service The Employment Equity...

13.12.2023 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: Liberals get greedy with cap-and-trade attack on energy industry

Experts warned the House of Commons against a sector-based program last year. The feds don't care Well, there you have it, folks. The hulking...

09.12.2023 10

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The Druze Arabs who fight with steadfast loyalty to Israel

Opinion: They reject the slur their country is an 'apartheid' state Gideon Abbas, a discharged Druze member of the Israeli armed forces, is...

08.12.2023 8

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Jamie Sarkonak: The progressives appalled anyone cares about Hamas's rape brigades

If countries in the West are purveyors of “sex exceptionalism” when it comes to defence and security, that’s a good thing Leave it to Canada to...

07.12.2023 10

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Jamie Sarkonak: It is the Liberals' 'woke' trade deal that is anti-Ukraine

The Conservatives' principled 'no' vote does not make them the Russophilic cartoon villains Trudeau so desperately wants them to be When offered the...

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