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Liberals nervously await the effects of Steven Guilbeault’s resignation on the party’s Quebec fortunes

Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault's resignation from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet generated a minor earthquake in Laurier—Sainte-Marie. Justin...

yesterday 10

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Konrad Yakabuski

The losing bet of the lottery economy

Chief Executive Officer of the federal Major Projects Office Dawn Farrell. ETHAN CAIRNS/The Canadian Press Step right up, and buy your ticket, and...

yesterday 8

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The Editorial Board

True economic sovereignty means using the free market for what it does

Kevin Yin is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail and an economics doctoral student at the University of California, Berkeley. As a new...

yesterday 10

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Kevin Yin

I heard the rumours about the ‘Napalm Girl’ photograph decades ago. The question of who took it reflects the ambiguity of war

The 1972 photo shows Phan Thi Kim Phuc running along a road in Vietnam after removing her clothes following a napalm strike. A new documentary...

yesterday 8

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Denise Chong

The grizzly hunt is no way to solve conflict between humans and bears

A grizzly bear fishes along a river in Tweedsmuir Provincial Park near Bella Coola, B.C., in 2010. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press Chris...

yesterday 7

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Chris Darimont

What are we missing when we avoid quiet at all costs?

The constant intake of information makes it more difficult to settle down, think critically, and come up with original ideas. PETER...

yesterday 6

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Oren Weisfeld

Is it really time to pop the champagne for the Canadian economy?

Containers are loaded onto cargo ship the Frankfurt Express, bound for Yokohama, Japan, at the Centerm shipping terminal in Vancouver’s Burrard...

yesterday 10

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Peter Mackenzie

BC Conservatives have been given a new lease on life with John Rustad’s resignation

John Rustad resigned as leader of the BC Conservative Party Thursday, a day after he lost the support of 20 members of his caucus. CHAD...

yesterday 1

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Gary Mason

‘Aloof’ and ‘piggy’ show there’s no right way to be a woman

Zohran Mamdani, who was elected mayor of New York, and his wife Rama Duwaji vote at The Frank Sinatra School of the Arts on Nov. 4 in Queens. Alexi...

yesterday 0

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Leah Eichler

A World Cup event and another gathering at the court of King Donald

yesterday 0

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Campbell Clark

There may be a peace deal for Ukraine. We should act as if there isn’t

yesterday 0

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Doug Saunders

Canada must admit that Trump’s America is not a ‘safe’ place for refugees

yesterday 1

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Konrad Yakabuski

Doug Ford’s ripping up of contracts offends rule of law

The Ford government's speed camera bill was rushed into legislation with public input curtailed. Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press People who use...

previous day 10

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The Editorial Board

The notwithstanding clause has unleashed a runaway train

Quebec Premier François Legault's government has invoked the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to pass a number of recent bills. Jacques...

previous day 10

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Sheema Khan

McGill University should rethink the gutting of its varsity sports programs

Last month, McGill University announced that it was cutting 25 of its 44 intercollegiate sports teams across 15 different sports, including women’s...

previous day 9

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Alex Hutchinson

Alberta-Ottawa MOU is a climate breakthrough, despite Steven Guilbeault’s misplaced outrage

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's announcement could be a potential breakthrough for decarbonization, writes Michael...

previous day 40

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Michael Bernstein

The Competition Commissioner is stepping down. What does Canada need from the next one?

Competition Bureau head Matthew Boswell in Ottawa in 2022. He has announced he will be stepping down before the end of the year. Dave Chan/The...

previous day 3

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Keldon Bester

It’s turning-point time for the Conservatives and NDP – but don’t expect much

Conservatives must decide whether the party continues with Pierre Poilievre’s populist politics, or takes a new direction with a different captain....

previous day 1

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Lawrence Martin

Canada’s age-verification bill for porn is a slippery slope to a restrictive internet

In this photo illustration, an age-verification screen is displayed on the website Pornhub. The U.K. requires sites and platforms hosting harmful...

previous day 20

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Jake Pitre

Affordable housing is out of reach everywhere in Canada

The downtown Vancouver skyline in the distance beyond houses in Burnaby, B.C., in July, 2023. DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press Steven Globerman is a...

tuesday 2

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Steven Globerman

The Canada-Alberta deal is good policy, and probably good politics, too

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are betting that there are more votes to be gained in the middle ground than there...

tuesday 2

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Andrew Coyne

With typical Alberta governing-party arrogance, Danielle Smith waves away a scandal

For nearly a year, Alberta’s Premier Danielle Smith has waved off any suggestion of a scandal involving Alberta Health Services. Jeff McIntosh/The...

tuesday 2

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Robyn Urback

Dignity for the mentally ill cannot be deemed a nuisance

Flowers are left near the crime scene after a man drove a vehicle into pedestrians at the annual Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver in April. After...

tuesday 2

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The Editorial Board

The never-ending riddle of Canadian health spending

A paramedic loads a stretcher into an ambulance at a hospital in Montreal in 2022. Spending on health care in Canada has grown by more than four...

tuesday 10

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André Picard

The push and pullback of internal trade

Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks during a meeting of Canada’s premiers in Huntsville, Ont., in July. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press Despite...

01.12.2025 10

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The Editorial Board

Canada must build its own supercomputers or risk surrendering its future

A supercomputer at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts in Bologna, Italy. ALI WITHERS/Reuters Ryan Grant is an associate...

01.12.2025 10

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Ryan Grant

In Hong Kong, a city’s skin caught fire. Other cities may want to take note

The bamboo scaffolding on charred buildings of Wang Fuk Court housing complex following a deadly fire, in Tai Po, Hong Kong, on Friday. Maxim...

01.12.2025 10

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Jason Wang

Once too close to Trudeau for a Carney cabinet, Marc Miller is back

Mark Miller stands with Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and Prime Minister Mark Carney after being sworn in as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture in...

01.12.2025 4

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Campbell Clark

The UCP is a party with concerns wildly divergent from those of Albertans at large

Premier Danielle Smith speaks at the United Conservative Party AGM in Edmonton on Saturday. The event was a fractious affair marked by divisions....

01.12.2025 1

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Kathy Kerr

Danielle Smith helped create a separatist monster that is now attacking her

Premier Danielle Smith speaks at the United Conservative Party AGM in Edmonton on Saturday. Her speech echoed some of the rhetoric of Donald Trump...

01.12.2025 10

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Gary Mason

Canada’s foreign aid cuts might be what the Global South needs to chart its own course

Sudanese families displaced from El-Fasher reach out as aid workers distribute food supplies at the newly established El-Afadh camp in Al Dabbah,...

01.12.2025 2

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Themrise Khan