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Ottawa can’t throw up its hands in the fight for timely justice

The outside of the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa in Oct., 2025. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press The real answer to the challenges created by...

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The Editorial Board

Advisers who recommend ‘safe’ investments are really just safeguarding their fees

David McLean is the manager of ROMC Fund. For decades, Canadians have been taught that successful investing begins with understanding their...

yesterday 20

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David Mclean

Why Canada needs to produce more shows like Heated Rivalry

The success of Heated Rivalry provides a blueprint for Canadian film and television's future, writes Jon Petrychyn. Sabrina Lantos/The Associated...

yesterday 10

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Jon Petrychyn

Democracy is not a dinner party

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, shakes hands with Prime Minister Mark Carney before Question Period, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on...

yesterday 10

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David J. Murray

In the roiling cold war for AI supremacy, the U.S. has let China back in the race

Participants at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, July 2023. Chinese firms have accelerated their production of cheaper and...

yesterday 10

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Bessma Momani

In this brave new world, Canada urgently needs a foreign human intelligence service

The Canadian flag files on the Parliament Hill Peace Tower. The federal budget promises to spend 2 per cent of GDP on defence in 2025-26. Sean...

yesterday 10

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Jody Thomas

Development charges rest on a shaky foundation

A December report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. found that Toronto had the most expensive development fees, making up 9 per cent of...

previous day 10

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I just turned 64, and I can’t stop thinking about this Beatles song

Paul McCartney gestures to the crowd during his Got Back North American tour at TD Coliseum in Hamilton, Ont., on Nov. 21. Nick Iwanyshyn/The...

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Jonathan Zimmerman

What is the value of higher education in Canada?

A student walks at the St. George campus of the University of Toronto, Nov. 20. Wa Lone/Reuters Boxi Yang is a senior research associate for...

previous day 20

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Boxi Yang

When Artemis II returns to Earth, Jeremy Hansen should bring back moon trees

Student Emily Aguesse helps clear a hole to plant a small giant sequoia tree from NASA's Artemis I Mission's tree seeds, which travelled around the...

previous day 10

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Aaron Boley

The state of 24 Sussex is an insult to Canada

24 Sussex Drive on the banks of the Ottawa River in October, 2015. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press Chris Westdal is a retired Canadian...

previous day 10

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Chris Westdal

The Sunday Editorial: The top 10 takes of 2025

So far this year, The Globe and Mail has published 339 editorials (including this one), spanning federal politics, international affairs, the...

sunday 10

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The Editorial Board

AI isn’t taking away young people’s jobs (at least not yet)

Fear that AI may take away jobs from young people seems misguided, writes Viet Vu. Jobs in Canada’s technology sector have been in decline since...

sunday 10

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Viet Vu

Microwaving fish, and the lost art of office etiquette

More than five years after the pandemic spurred a mass shift toward working from home, employers are increasingly expecting their workers to come...

27.12.2025 4

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The Editorial Board

Oh no, the MAGA economy isn’t working for the MAGA crowd

Supporters listen to U.S. President Donald Trump speak during a political rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on Dec. 19. ANDREW...

27.12.2025 20

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John Rapley

2025 wasn’t all doom and gloom

Katisha Paul, Union of BC Indian Chiefs Youth Representative, and Peyal Laceese of the Tsilhqot’in nation were among the representatives who...

27.12.2025 3

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Marsha Lederman

What the starchitects did to Toronto

A wooden staircase in the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, designed by architect Frank Gehry, in November, 2008. NATHAN DENETTE/The Canadian...

27.12.2025 3

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Marcus Gee

Forget polarization. This year, we found a new Canadian consensus

People participate in a rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in March. Donald Trump’s return to the U.S. presidency sparked a new wave of Canadian...

27.12.2025 10

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Campbell Clark

News To Me – How do you pick a New Year’s resolution?

27.12.2025 10

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Gabrielle Drolet

We have questions: A found poem about the year 2025

Claire Cameron is a novelist, essayist and author of the memoir How to Survive a Bear Attack, which recently won the Governor-General’s Literary...

27.12.2025 4

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Claire Cameron

This new year, patriotism is on the menu: Eat at a restaurant, and support Canada

The hospitality sector, which employs 1.2 million people, makes $120-billion annual revenue (or 5 per cent of Canada’s GDP). ILLUSTRATION: THE...

27.12.2025 6

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Corey Mintz

The murder that led to an uprising around the world

A year-long series looking back on the most significant moments of the past 25 years, how they changed our world, and how they will continue to...

27.12.2025 6

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Christina Sharpe

Will 2026 be the year of Quebec sovereignty’s comeback?

Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon vows to hold another referendum on Quebec independence if his party wins next fall’s provincial...

26.12.2025 20

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Konrad Yakabuski

A defence of Canadian spelling, with vigour

November’s federal budget featured certain words spelled with an ‘s’ instead of a ‘z,’ favouring British instead of Canadian spelling....

26.12.2025 20

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The Editorial Board

In 2025, the Trump administration had us asking: Who thinks up these things?

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club on Monday. Alex Brandon/The Associated Press David Shribman is the former executive...

26.12.2025 3

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David Shribman

Dear Gen Z: You’re not watching the world end – you’re about to build a new one

If you are under 30, there’s a message you’ve likely received many times during this painful year: You’re inheriting the wreckage of a once-great...

26.12.2025 5

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Doug Saunders

Will 2025 be remembered as the year Canadians re-embraced nationalism?

Canadians take part in an 'Elbows Up, Canada!' rally in Nova Scotia in April, 2025. Darren Calabrese/Reuters Michael Adams is the founder and...

26.12.2025 5

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Michael Adams

Donald Trump’s America is committing civilizational suicide

U.S. President Donald Trump reaches out to shake hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage,...

26.12.2025 4

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Carl Bildt

North American free trade is dead. The sooner Canada accepts that, the better

Even if USMCA survives in some form, Canada should prepare for a very different trade relationship with the U.S. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press...

25.12.2025 10

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Lawrence Herman