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- If there was ever a time for Canada to step up as a champion of gender equality, human rights, peace, and international assistance—it is now.
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- If there was ever a time for Canada to step up as a champion of gender equality, human rights, peace, and international assistance—it is now.
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- It is not just Pablo Rodriguez’s name or urban swagger that may hold him back—he has little growth potential among young people.
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- It is not just Pablo Rodriguez’s name or urban swagger that may hold him back—he has little growth potential among young people.
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- The NDP has a choice as this minority government—and forthcoming leadership race—get underway.
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- The NDP has a choice as this minority government—and forthcoming leadership race—get underway.
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- Rose LeMay
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- The global economy and Canada’s part in it is worth some focus, for sure. But one has to wonder if climate change in this very pivotal time will be eclipsed by big economy.
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- The global economy and Canada’s part in it is worth some focus, for sure. But one has to wonder if climate change in this very pivotal time will be eclipsed by big economy.
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- If this session of Parliament cannot or will not include Indigenous Peoples across every single department and policy, then reconciliation will surely die on
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- No province or territory is systematically victimized. If you want to talk systematic victimization and systemic underfunding, then look no further than at First Nations and Inuit communities. For Alberta to attempt to claim to be the victim in Canada’s Confederation is beyond truth and far into the falsehood swamp.
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- Tim Powers
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- Domestically, the biggest current threat to Mark Carney’s success is tripping over his own heels while trying to keep a blistering pace towards tangible accomplishments.
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- Domestically, the biggest current threat to Mark Carney’s success is tripping over his own heels while trying to keep a blistering pace towards tangible accomplishments.
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- The candidates in Terra Nova–The Peninsulas, N.L., put on a great display of what good a political competition should be.
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- The feds have seen the opportunity global sports performances provide to advance the country’s reputation, open doors for diplomacy and trade, and boost our global status.
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- Scott Taylor
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- The defence minister said the feds will take ‘immediate and decisive action to rebuild Canada's defence capacity’—but announced nothing further.
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- The defence minister said the feds will take ‘immediate and decisive action to rebuild Canada's defence capacity’—but announced nothing further.
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- Successive governments routinely state ‘nothing is too good for our military,’ and therefore ‘nothing’ is what they get.
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- Despite all the bluster about defending our Arctic, our military procurement system is proving incapable of providing resources durable enough for use in our northern climate.
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- Sheila Copps
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- Target three things you want to achieve for your riding, and three things you want to achieve for the country. And make sure all your work in committees and in Parliament is focused on moving to achieve those objectives.
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- Target three things you want to achieve for your riding, and three things you want to achieve for the country. And make sure all your work in committees and in Parliament is focused on moving to achieve those objectives.
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- Susan Riley
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- Mark Carney is also, at this early stage, a conundrum: a man who speaks in giant steps, but promises pragmatism.
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- Mark Carney is also, at this early stage, a conundrum: a man who speaks in giant steps, but promises pragmatism.
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- We will soon see how Carney manages in the fiery pit of partisan politics. Unfortunately, that pit is unavoidable. It is part of democracy,
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- Maybe, if this summer’s wildfires and other disruptions become bad enough, they will refocus public attention on climate and Mark Carney’s new government will be forced to respond.
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- David Crane
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- There is much we can do to advance nation building, but the choices must be transparent and Canadians must feel that the projects chosen and money spent will clearly deliver the very best outcomes for the country. We want and need winners, not lemons.
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- There is much we can do to advance nation building, but the choices must be transparent and Canadians must feel that the projects chosen and money spent will clearly deliver the very best outcomes for the country. We want and need winners, not lemons.
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- The Throne Speech was right to set out great opportunities and ambitions. But without some seriously clear-headed leadership and radical changes in public policies, it
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- Despite our efforts to build a more independent economy, we are still going to need some kind of agreement with the U.S., a market which accounts for about 75 per cent of our trade.
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- Gerry Nicholls
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- One of the key principles of fundraising is that you don’t give your donor base a chance to relax, which is to say, you don’t ease up on pestering them for cash. You need to keep asking for money on a steady and consistent basis, even if that means annoying donors.
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- One of the key principles of fundraising is that you don’t give your donor base a chance to relax, which is to say, you don’t ease up on pestering them for cash. You need to keep asking for money on a steady and consistent basis, even if that means annoying donors.
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- Unfortunately, for the prime minister, when it comes to mending the economy, there are no easy solutions, no quick fixes, no magic answers.
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- Mark Carney’s alliance with the boomer generation could pose future challenges for the Liberals. For one thing, if the Liberals do anything that boomers consider to be an attack on their retirement savings, it could spur a revolt.
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- Michael Harris
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- Is Pierre Poilievre the right person to lead the Conservatives out of the wilderness they've inhabited since former prime minister Stephen Harper’s defeat in 2015? Measured by what I call 'the John Crosbie Rule,' the answer is no.
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- Is Pierre Poilievre the right person to lead the Conservatives out of the wilderness they've inhabited since former prime minister Stephen Harper’s defeat in 2015? Measured by what I call 'the John Crosbie Rule,' the answer is no.
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- Political leadership requires civility and collegiality to get things done. That is the promise of Mark Carney, compared to the Dark Ages of Donald
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- War without end is also the story in Israel’s invasion of Gaza. Everyone knows the genesis of that conflict—the brutal slaughter by Hamas of 1,196 Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded with a full-scale military invasion of Gaza. The death toll from this war of revenge and rage is staggering.
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- Gwynne Dyer
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- It’s a practice responsible for the bulk of the damage that we've have done to the oceans. More than half the fish caught in this manner are ‘bycatch,’ thrown back into the water dead or dying.
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- It’s a practice responsible for the bulk of the damage that we've have done to the oceans. More than half the fish caught in this manner are ‘bycatch,’ thrown back into the water dead or dying.
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- European members of NATO are worried the U.S. is ending its guarantee of nuclear retaliation against a Russian attack. They are right to be
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- The number of people who starve to death will now rise steeply because Israel has only opened four feeding centres where there used to be 400.
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- Les Whittington
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- The potential for a conduit to load oil tankers in the dangerous waters of the northern B.C. coast actually ended more than three decades ago.
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- The potential for a conduit to load oil tankers in the dangerous waters of the northern B.C. coast actually ended more than three decades ago.
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- Erica Ifill
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- We are entering into a dystopian future that will not keep us safe—it will keep us compliant.
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- We are entering into a dystopian future that will not keep us safe—it will keep us compliant.
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- Corporations hijacked social justice movements to build their social capital, and now they are retreating due to right-wing populism.
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- This was an abysmal demonstration of Canadian mainstream journalism perfectly affirming the emperor’s-new-clothes’ approach to their democratic duty.
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- Bhagwant Sandhu
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- If Canada cannot draw a line at political assassination on its own soil, where will we draw one?
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- If Canada cannot draw a line at political assassination on its own soil, where will we draw one?
