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- If the U.S. president chooses to continue giving Russia the benefit of the doubt, Canada will need to find some distance.
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- If the U.S. president chooses to continue giving Russia the benefit of the doubt, Canada will need to find some distance.
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- Construction electricians, welders, and pipefitters will all be needed in large numbers. Without a workforce ready to deliver, even shovel-ready projects will get bogged down.
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- Construction electricians, welders, and pipefitters will all be needed in large numbers. Without a workforce ready to deliver, even shovel-ready projects will get bogged down.
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- The outcome has been reduced access to cessation tools, increased burden on already overstretched pharmacies, and a growing illicit market for unregulated, and—in many cases—very high-nicotine products.
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- The outcome has been reduced access to cessation tools, increased burden on already overstretched pharmacies, and a growing illicit market for unregulated, and—in many cases—very high-nicotine products.
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- Rose LeMay
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- The government’s goal of reducing spending across the board is too much like Air Canada cutting all of its flights overnight without due process. Budgeting is both about money and effectiveness. When the focus is only on the money, the link to the end user’s satisfaction is broken.
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- The government’s goal of reducing spending across the board is too much like Air Canada cutting all of its flights overnight without due process. Budgeting is both about money and effectiveness. When the focus is only on the money, the link to the end user’s satisfaction is broken.
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- CIRNAC and ISC must be forced to actually get the money out the door to Indigenous communities because this is the rare case in
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- The federal government needs to stop hiring generalist policy writers and start hiring experts in their field, and then hire managers and leaders with people and management expertise. That’s how we modernize this government.
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- Tim Powers
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- Participants and volunteers in the 2025 Canada Games gave us a great example of what a motivated civil society does for and with each other when things get tough.
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- Participants and volunteers in the 2025 Canada Games gave us a great example of what a motivated civil society does for and with each other when things get tough.
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- Just in the last week, we have seen three examples of a more-plodding type of politics, proving the old-school has some life in it
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- The noise about the PM’s blind trust can turn people off from politics, particularly those in sectors where they were compensated commensurately for their performance.
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- Scott Taylor
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- If soldiers do know what the Nazi salute symbolizes and do it anyway, then they have no business wearing a Canadian uniform.
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- If soldiers do know what the Nazi salute symbolizes and do it anyway, then they have no business wearing a Canadian uniform.
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- If one-year military engagements were part of a mandatory youth national service program, there would be a steady flow of new recruits for the
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- Now that U.S. President Donald Trump has indeed whacked Canada with a whopping trade tariff, perhaps it's time to make sure that economic pain is felt on both sides of the border.
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- Sheila Copps
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- If Pierre Poilievre does not soften his sharp edges and move to the centre, he stands zero chance of gaining support of most Canadians, especially women. His partner, Anaida, is the person who can help him soften that edge.
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- If Pierre Poilievre does not soften his sharp edges and move to the centre, he stands zero chance of gaining support of most Canadians, especially women. His partner, Anaida, is the person who can help him soften that edge.
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- Trump is truly delusional enough to believe he could end the war in a single day. He has repeated that enough times. But in reality, if
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- The prime minister is playing defence, by making sure that tariff-affected industries have cushions in place to protect Canadian jobs. Various ministers are travelling the world to reinforce relationships that may prove crucial in the trade war with Trump. But time is also on our side.
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- Susan Riley
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- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is unlikely to offer any serious, fact-based critiques of the government’s shortcomings. He's a glib man, playing in the shallows, following a shop-worn script. Always has been, always will be.
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- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is unlikely to offer any serious, fact-based critiques of the government’s shortcomings. He's a glib man, playing in the shallows, following a shop-worn script. Always has been, always will be.
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- David Crane
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- The challenge for the Carney government is to map a way out of this slow growth trap, which is why productivity, fueled by innovation and investment, is the key to a better future.
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- The challenge for the Carney government is to map a way out of this slow growth trap, which is why productivity, fueled by innovation and investment, is the key to a better future.
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- The transition required in the months ahead will be disruptive, requiring an unprecedented level of leadership. Without such leadership, it will fail.
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- First, it must closely monitor employment and housing trends for younger Canadians as it sets economic policy, and second, it must show that the system works for them, too, and they can have their own Canadian Dream.
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- Gerry Nicholls
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- The “us versus them” mentality is baked into Quebec’s political psyche. With all the uncertainty in today's world, it’s not hard for Quebec’s separatist-minded politicians to whip up those feelings, which is why nationalism could easily resurface as a political force.
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- The “us versus them” mentality is baked into Quebec’s political psyche. With all the uncertainty in today's world, it’s not hard for Quebec’s separatist-minded politicians to whip up those feelings, which is why nationalism could easily resurface as a political force.
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- In my view, more funding of local news or the regulation of 'Big Tech' won’t really help either journalism or democracy.
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- In my view, if Pierre Poilievre is going to win, he’ll do so not by copying Mark Carney’s pragmatism, which would mean fighting him on his turf, but by offering voters a principled alternative.
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- Michael Harris
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- With both the Israeli PM and the U.S. president ignoring public opinion, it’s time for a political leader in the West to tell Benjamin Netanyahu you can’t crush the rights of a million people without serious consequences. Canada should stand up.
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- With both the Israeli PM and the U.S. president ignoring public opinion, it’s time for a political leader in the West to tell Benjamin Netanyahu you can’t crush the rights of a million people without serious consequences. Canada should stand up.
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- Trump’s serial lying and reflexive confabulating may entertain his MAGA base, but they are far from harmless fodder for the faithful. The obvious losers
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- A total of 147 countries out of the UN’s 193-member states have all arrived at the same conclusion: something has to be done about the slaughterhouse that Gaza has become.
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- Gwynne Dyer
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- Outside of the United States and Russia, most governments still uphold the key law about borders, regardless of their domestic political arrangements.
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- Outside of the United States and Russia, most governments still uphold the key law about borders, regardless of their domestic political arrangements.
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- African economies have grown slowly over the past 50 years, but population growth has meant that real per capita incomes in most African countries
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- The truth is that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy privately view Donald Trump with contempt, and neither will sign up to a premature peace deal to satisfy him.
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- Les Whittington
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- The commitment to democracy and individual rights has been and continues to be badly eroded, in part because of U.S. regression under its current president.
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- The commitment to democracy and individual rights has been and continues to be badly eroded, in part because of U.S. regression under its current president.
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- The continuation of the broad CUSMA exemption is still a significant positive development for this country in the context of the full-blown trade war
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- The Russian leader’s ability to hoodwink the American former reality show host has been a constant element of Trump’s actuality for more than a decade.
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- Erica Ifill
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- All of this political theatre, and they didn’t even destroy the uranium they pretended to seek. What a waste of time, money, and military resources.
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- All of this political theatre, and they didn’t even destroy the uranium they pretended to seek. What a waste of time, money, and military resources.
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- Bhagwant Sandhu
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- With the Carney Liberals occupying the centre-right, the Conservatives face a hard question: evolve to lead a changing Canada or stay stuck in a political cul-de-sac of grievance and nostalgia.
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- With the Carney Liberals occupying the centre-right, the Conservatives face a hard question: evolve to lead a changing Canada or stay stuck in a political cul-de-sac of grievance and nostalgia.
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- Shifting deadlines may require discretion, but that’s no excuse to shield national decisions from democratic oversight and public scrutiny.
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- As the party prepares for its March 2026 convention, the question isn’t who will lead but what purpose the NDP will serve in Canadian politics.
