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Kurl: Trudeau looks like a sad clown after trying some budget magic

The Liberals carefully curated a budget aimed at “generational fairness." It didn't move the political needle even a millimetre.

26.04.2024 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Kurl: Trudeau's pre-budget dance isn't impressing the audience

The country appears to be collectively putting on noise-cancelling headphones where the Liberals are concerned.

15.04.2024 7

Ottawa Citizen

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Kurl: Should Trudeau rethink his approach to the carbon tax?

The prime minister needs to keep onside those people who are torn between their own household cost pressures and their concern for the environment.

30.03.2024 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Kurl: Kate's photo fail exposes the rocky road the royals now travel

No amount of image editing, literal or metaphorical, can stop Canadians asking the question: Does the monarchy still work in a modern world?

15.03.2024 20

Ottawa Citizen

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Kurl: Mulroney was a reminder of a very different time in Canadian politics

With the death of Brian Mulroney at 84, Canada loses one of its last “big tent politics" prime ministers.

01.03.2024 4

Ottawa Citizen

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Kurl: Trudeau and Poilievre are both flailing on foreign policy

If Trudeau's Israel-Gaza stance is phoney, Poilievre’s Ukraine excuses are baloney. We can do without the hypocrisy.

16.02.2024 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Kurl: Liberals shouldn't be comparing Pierre Poilievre to Trump

Polls suggest there are better ways to exploit the Tory leader's weaknesses. As well, using polarization tactics in Canada is a dangerous game.

19.01.2024 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Kurl: Exhausted and frustrated by 2023, Canadians hope for better in 2024

Young adults are not only most pessimistic about their personal financial situations in 2024, but, concerningly, their stress levels.

05.01.2024 7

Ottawa Citizen

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Kurl: Poetry in motion? Canadian politics in 2023 deserves a few verses

Immigration, inflation and world conflagration: Please forgive a few rhymes about our troubled times. (With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore.)

22.12.2023 9

Ottawa Citizen

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Kurl: As a potential prime minister, Pierre Poilievre needs to choose his words much more carefully

At such a fraught time, Poilievre should appeal to Canadians’ better natures, not further drive them into suspicion and division. In politics, it is...

24.11.2023 9

Vancouver Sun

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Kurl: As a potential prime minister, Pierre Poilievre needs to choose his words much more carefully At such a fraught time, Poilievre should appeal to Canadians’ better natures, not further drive them into suspicion and division.

24.11.2023 20

The Province

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Kurl: As a potential prime minister, Pierre Poilievre needs to choose his words much more carefully

At such a fraught time, Poilievre should appeal to Canadians’ better natures, not further drive them into suspicion and division.

24.11.2023 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Kurl: Can Trudeau and the Liberals get their mojo back?

The prime minister has fended off threats to his popularity before but this time he's battling voter fatigue, not just policy disagreements.

10.11.2023 6

Ottawa Citizen

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Kurl and Korzinski: Canadians hold more nuanced views than we give them credit for

Yes, many of us disagree starkly on societal issues, but an in-depth study of 'Canada and the Culture Wars' shows areas where consensus is possible...

30.10.2023 6

Ottawa Citizen

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Kurl: How should we understand Canada's version of the 'culture wars'?

Canadians are already tired of the deep division around issues such as gender, race, climate change and free speech. But we can't avoid it; rather we...

15.09.2023 7

Ottawa Citizen

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