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- In a region that is increasingly defined by uncertainty and rivalry, Canada needs clarity on who its true strategic partners are. That doesn’t mean disengaging from China, but it must be tactical.
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- In a region that is increasingly defined by uncertainty and rivalry, Canada needs clarity on who its true strategic partners are. That doesn’t mean disengaging from China, but it must be tactical.
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- The NDP is unlikely to become the official opposition in any foreseeable future, but its third or fourth party status is secure. Winning 12 seats, thus regaining status as an official party in Parliament, is its most important challenge.
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- The NDP is unlikely to become the official opposition in any foreseeable future, but its third or fourth party status is secure. Winning 12 seats, thus regaining status as an official party in Parliament, is its most important challenge.
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- Rose LeMay
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- The risk of concurrent racism faced by Indigenous peoples in hospitals today is criminal. Regulatory colleges need to fix it immediately.
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- The risk of concurrent racism faced by Indigenous peoples in hospitals today is criminal. Regulatory colleges need to fix it immediately.
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- When former prime minister Jean Chrétien says we have to stop looking back at the problems in Canada instead of looking forward at the
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- An easy win for the prime minister to show his commitment to Indigenous inclusion is to name an Indigenous individual to be our next Governor General. We have thousands of years of experience in diplomacy and relationship-building, and we need to be part of whatever comes next.
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- Tim Powers
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- Arguably, at no time in our current history has it been more important for Canada to take our show on the road now that our trade relationship with the U.S. has changed.
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- Arguably, at no time in our current history has it been more important for Canada to take our show on the road now that our trade relationship with the U.S. has changed.
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- Scott Taylor
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- If the U.S. wants a reliable, non-Chinese source of tungsten for its arms industry, Canada should invest in securing a domestic supply for all of our NATO allies.
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- If the U.S. wants a reliable, non-Chinese source of tungsten for its arms industry, Canada should invest in securing a domestic supply for all of our NATO allies.
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- The Canadian military is in desperate need of all sorts of modern weapon systems, few of which are made in Canada.
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- Canada has a chance to move away from American equipment that will not only further entrench our reliance on the U.S., but will also take longer to get to our soldiers.
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- Sheila Copps
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- The cartel’s intention is to damage tourism so it hurts the government. That puts them in a better position to negotiate a truce where drugs flow without political impediment.
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- The cartel’s intention is to damage tourism so it hurts the government. That puts them in a better position to negotiate a truce where drugs flow without political impediment.
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- Unity in the country and unity in the Conservative Party work in the leader’s favour. His edges are softening and, if he can keep
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- Some might argue the president’s grievances about the Gordie Howe International Bridge are simply an attempt to distract from the global discussion about his racist post featuring former president Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as monkeys.
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- Susan Riley
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- Until Elon Musk presents Donald Trump with an all-electric, gilt-coloured Trumpmobile, our auto sector remains at the mercy of a grumpy old man’s prejudices and his fondness for supportive oil billionaires.
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- Until Elon Musk presents Donald Trump with an all-electric, gilt-coloured Trumpmobile, our auto sector remains at the mercy of a grumpy old man’s prejudices and his fondness for supportive oil billionaires.
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- It isn’t that our political leaders’ concern about rising food costs isn’t genuine. It is that most lack the daring, or the sense of
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- If traditional conservative voters, and others, are looking for an effective, intelligent and nimble centre-right leader, they already have one in Mark Carney. We’ll see how long this lasts.
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- David Crane
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- Increases in federal R&D spending and new initiatives through the Bureau of Research, Engineering and Advanced Leadership in Innovation and Science—BOREALIS—are important. The strategy also promises $4-billion in new venture funding through the Business Development Bank of Canada.
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- Increases in federal R&D spending and new initiatives through the Bureau of Research, Engineering and Advanced Leadership in Innovation and Science—BOREALIS—are important. The strategy also promises $4-billion in new venture funding through the Business Development Bank of Canada.
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- The new strategy is based on a recognition that past processes on defence procurement have been a failure—this time has to be different. Government
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- We are living through one of those periods in human history where change and the tensions from change can overwhelm. Coping with change—with creative destruction—can be hugely rewarding. But getting policy right is the challenge.
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- Gerry Nicholls
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- These online media/advocacy influencers aren’t really like the media because they don’t provide balanced information, nor are they really like advocacy groups because they don’t seek to persuade the public. The upshot of all this is that political polarization increases, as everybody starts to see the other side as the enemy. This is not good for democracy.
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- These online media/advocacy influencers aren’t really like the media because they don’t provide balanced information, nor are they really like advocacy groups because they don’t seek to persuade the public. The upshot of all this is that political polarization increases, as everybody starts to see the other side as the enemy. This is not good for democracy.
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- This is a good lesson for communication strategists trying to garner media attention for a client: if you want to make news, either pick
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- If the No. 1 issue in the next election is protecting Canada from Donald Trump, and if Mark Carney is seen as the most capable one to do that, that’s a huge advantage for the Liberals. The Conservatives' only glimmer of hope is if the economy becomes more of a concern.
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- Michael Harris
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- With the U.S. midterms just months away, the answer is no coincidence. Is Donald Trump trying to challenge or even purge those voters’ lists? If so, this president is a clear and present danger to what America has always stood for: democracy not tyranny.
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- With the U.S. midterms just months away, the answer is no coincidence. Is Donald Trump trying to challenge or even purge those voters’ lists? If so, this president is a clear and present danger to what America has always stood for: democracy not tyranny.
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- The Conservatives now have a leader who is apparently afraid of his caucus, and a caucus that is apparently unafraid of its leader.
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- The party could check the president if it puts its house in order. That would mean abandoning the slavish support of anything Trump does and asserting that the party is bigger than any one person—even if he is the president.
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- Gwynne Dyer
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- Last June, America launched one-day air strikes on Iran, but this time it could be the start of a forever war.
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- Last June, America launched one-day air strikes on Iran, but this time it could be the start of a forever war.
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- Some in the convicted pedophile’s vast network wanted free holidays, some of them wanted to rub shoulders with other famous people, some of them
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- The war’s stalemate was inevitable because drones as the dominant new technology make it very dangerous for soldiers to move on the surface at all.
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- Les Whittington
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- Now that the U.S. president has reimagined Washington’s right to control hemispheric affairs, the next steps with Cuba are a more pressing question than ever.
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- Now that the U.S. president has reimagined Washington’s right to control hemispheric affairs, the next steps with Cuba are a more pressing question than ever.
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- The astounding story of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex abuses and his vast network of friends and contacts continues to spin off in all directions.
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- The former PM has devoted much of his post-political career to helping to empower right-wing political parties, but drew the line at threatening Canada’s existence.
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- Erica Ifill
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- No matter what the unnamed government official said, we can be fairly certain that there are agents of the Indian government who could pose a direct and credible threat to Sikh Canadians.
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- No matter what the unnamed government official said, we can be fairly certain that there are agents of the Indian government who could pose a direct and credible threat to Sikh Canadians.
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- Reinforcing Canada’s national identity as white, male, and British—even if it includes historical lies—is a projection of one of this country’s main characteristics: insecurity.
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- The Tory leader’s convention speech included a nod to ending diversity, equity, and inclusion. Let’s unpack the idea of merit.
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- Bhagwant Sandhu
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- The prime minister’s global rhetoric champions rule of law and sovereignty. But his decisions suggest those principles are flexible when politics demand.
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- The prime minister’s global rhetoric champions rule of law and sovereignty. But his decisions suggest those principles are flexible when politics demand.
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- Carney’s Defence Industrial Strategy may deliver short-term gains, but it could compromise long-term policy and economic coherence.
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- A responsible society doesn’t hide behind the fiction that incrementalism on guns will bend the curve of violence. Canada must move beyond symbolic gestures and confront the moral responsibility of firearms policy.
