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Here’s what a ‘fairness for every generation’ budget would have actually included

Canada’s “Fairness For Every Generation” budget was quite clearly designed to promote the perception of fairness, rather than its realization....

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The failure of Canada’s health care system is a disgrace – and a deadly one

The Family Clinic in Marathon, Ont., on Nov. 11, 2022. David Jackson/The Globe and Mail What can be said about Canada’s health care system that...

previous day 20

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The curious case of the incurious Prime Minister

There is perhaps no more important role for the leader of a democratic nation than upholding the safety and security of that democracy. School lunch...

11.04.2024 10

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Doug Ford may not be able to get you a family doctor. But he can bring back paper bags

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s latest retail political gesture is just about the Doug-Fordiest leadership move conceivable. It has all the elements...

10.04.2024 10

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According to Justin Trudeau, Justin Trudeau is fear-mongering on immigration

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes an announcement in Surrey, B.C. on March 28. Tijana Martin/The Canadian Press Someone, somewhere, appears to have...

04.04.2024 9

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Flying in Canada is miserable – and airlines are fighting to keep it that way

I understand that some people enjoy the experience of being confined to tight quarters and treated like cattle, and will even pay great sums of money...

28.03.2024 30

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Were we horrible for speculating about Princess Kate’s disappearance? Or just human?

Are we horrible people? Did the public’s voracious need for gossip and drama just force a sick mother of three into reluctantly revealing her cancer...

26.03.2024 20

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For months, police have been signalling we’re on our own. Now, finally, they’re telling us

I hold just the tiniest bit of pity for Toronto Police Constable Marco Ricciardi, who sounded like he just wanted to be helpful when he made...

21.03.2024 20

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The NDP’s motion on Palestine ended up being a vain exercise in nothingness

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 18. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian...

19.03.2024 10

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Aaron Bushnell’s self-immolation was a tragedy

On April 29, 1993, Graham Bamford stood outside of the British Parliament, doused himself with gasoline, and lit himself on fire. His act was a...

29.02.2024 7

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Pierre Poilievre wants big government to protect kids from porn

Mr. Freedom’s war against the gatekeepers apparently comes with a few stipulations. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who is currently railing...

27.02.2024 30

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Canadian churches are still being set ablaze. Does anyone care?

The remains of the old Fort Chipewyan church (The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church) is pictured after being burnt down...

22.02.2024 8

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Doug Ford’s government of gimmicks presents its next schtick

Step right up, folks. The Doug Ford sideshow is just about to present its next act. Normally, Ontarians are treated to spectacular displays of...

15.02.2024 4

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Trudeau’s both-sides games on the war in Gaza are repugnant

Last week, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced that Canada was sanctioning 11 Hamas leaders for their participation in the Oct. 7 attack...

13.02.2024 10

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Jagmeet Singh is super serious this time

New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons before Question Period, on Feb. 5. Adrian...

09.02.2024 60

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The American right’s hate-on for Taylor Swift is self-defeating

Last June, Taylor Swift was on the verge of releasing the re-recorded version of her 2010 album Speak Now, which contains “Dear John,” the song...

05.02.2024 10

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No, for sure, I believe Justin Trudeau is the right leader for the Liberals

No one should listen to Newfoundland MP Ken McDonald, who said in an interview with Radio-Canada last month that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should...

02.02.2024 20

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Amid images of Hamas’s brutality, how can so many in the West be so callous?

One of the lesser-known heroes of the Holocaust was a man named Rudolf Vrba, a Slovakian Jew who managed to escape from Auschwitz in 1944. Together...

13.10.2023 4

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