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Chris Selley: Olivia Chow risks uniting Torontonians in disappointment

21.12.2024 10

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Chris Selley: Justin Trudeau's political instincts were always atrocious. Some people are only noticing now

20.12.2024 10

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Chris Selley: Fifty ways to fire your leader

17.12.2024 10

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Chris Selley: The great unanswered question about Mark Carney is 'Why'?

Appointing an unelected mandarin with a potential conflict of interest as finance minister seems risky, to say the least

16.12.2024 10

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Chris Selley: Stopping mass street prayers is doable without new laws, if police only tried

We have all the tools we need to tell anti-Israel protesters that enough is enough

13.12.2024 4

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Chris Selley: Harm reduction for opioids is over. Now let's seriously measure the result

11.12.2024 20

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Chris Selley: Liberals reach a brand-new low on gun control

The pitch boils down to, 'vote for us or you'll get shot and Putin will win'

07.12.2024 9

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Chris Selley: Harjit Sajjan goes to a Taylor Swift show ... for charity, you see

You can’t 'pay for' a free concert ticket by giving money to a food bank

05.12.2024 9

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Chris Selley: We can't advertise our way to better Canada-U.S. relations

Harmonizing immigration rules would be unpopular in Canada, at least at first. But it's the most compelling practical option You can save this article...

05.12.2024 3

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Chris Selley: Thankfully Australia's trying a children's social-media ban... before we do

Kids giving TikTok their passport details? Sure, why not? You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account....

30.11.2024 20

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Chris Selley: So much for the Three Amigos

Throwing Mexico under the free-trade bus makes sense. But Mexico may have more to offer Trump than Canada does You can save this article by...

29.11.2024 5

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Chris Selley: Ottawa all but invited Alberta to flip the bird to federal laws

For years, it seemed like Ottawa just hoped the other provinces wouldn’t notice as it gave Quebec pretty much everything it wanted You can save this...

27.11.2024 7

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Chris Selley: Someone has to fight Big Dairy. It shouldn't have to be the Senate

No one in politics has even tried to sell Canadians on cheaper, better and more variety in milk, butter, cheese, poultry and eggs You can save this...

25.11.2024 10

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Chris Selley: They assure us Bernardo will 'never get out.' Don't count on it

Either it's not safe to hold a parole hearing at the La Macaza Institution, or someone fibbed when they said it wasn't You can save this article by...

22.11.2024 9

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Chris Selley: Hoping Trump will help them isn't looking good for the Liberals

From a strategic point of view, there is far more for Poilievre to gain here than for Trudeau You can save this article by registering for free here....

20.11.2024 7

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Chris Selley: Toronto loses its cool — if it ever had any — over Taylor Swift

Celebrities asked about Toronto nowadays often mention the traffic. None of that for Swift: She got a gigantic police motorcade at taxpayer expense...

16.11.2024 7

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Chris Selley: The perils of 'defining' bigotry

indigenous groups, and now Palestinian groups, want their own specific treatment under the law. Where will that end? You can save this article by...

14.11.2024 10

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Chris Selley: More alarming statistics about 'medical assistance in dying'

Most euthanasia requests from people not clearly dying came from disadvantaged people You can save this article by registering for free here. Or...

12.11.2024 10

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Chris Selley: Imagine the chaos if Israeli soccer comes to Canada

Police don’t just need to be prepared for Amsterdam-style violence; they need somehow to convince Canadian Jews that they're actually safe You can...

09.11.2024 10

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Chris Selley: Trudeau made Canada too weak to handle Trump making America great

'America first' is bad news for a country that relies so heavily on its friends in Washington You can save this article by registering for free here....

08.11.2024 8

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Chris Selley: Ottawa's pointless and confusing 'definition' of antisemitism

Why is the government adopting definitions of things that it doesn't intend to use in any official capacity? You can save this article by registering...

06.11.2024 10

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Chris Selley: A two-hour oasis from the anti-Israel protests is worth the price

Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment is right to try to keep Middle East politics away from the Leafs and Raptors You can save this article by...

03.11.2024 10

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Chris Selley: The war over transitioning kids is still blazing in New Brunswick

Susan Holt's Liberals plan to roll back the Higgs government's amendments to Policy 713 — but that doesn't go far enough for some You can save this...

01.11.2024 10

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Chris Selley: Hold Liberals accountable for the shocking antics of Tru-Anon

The Liberals are clearly winking at their rabid TruAnon supporters. Will they be called out? You can save this article by registering for free here....

30.10.2024 10

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Chris Selley: I'll take my $200 cheque from Doug Ford over letting bureaucrats spend it

Conservatives should never apologize for putting money in people's pockets. Ideally, though, they wouldn't take it in the first place You can save...

26.10.2024 5

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Chris Selley: Latest outrages over Muslims give a preview of Quebec's next referendum

The goalposts have shifted again. Now a little girl wearing a hijab in a library is evidence of 'Islamization' You can save this article by...

25.10.2024 4

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Chris Selley: How to fire a party leader who won't leave

Justin Trudeau has accrued no additional 'rights' to his position by dint of his longevity. The opposite makes more sense You can save this article by...

22.10.2024 20

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Chris Selley: Our government rail line spent $1B to somehow get even slower and less reliable

CN says it warned Via's new trains weren't compatible with its signalling technology way back in 2021 You can save this article by registering for...

21.10.2024 10

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Chris Selley: The desperation of Justin Trudeau is dangerous for everyone. Especially Liberals

The Liberals should be treating anyone of any stature who’s willing to donate his or her body to the cause of the next election like a conquering...

18.10.2024 10

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Chris Selley: Un-banning plastic straws is one rare thing governments can actually get right

If governments can’t make good policies, they can at least delete bad ones You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you...

17.10.2024 10

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Chris Selley: Why not a monument to the victims of Canadian ignorance?

'That central and Eastern European (20th-century) history is ugly and complicated is hardly a new problem' You can save this article by registering...

12.10.2024 5

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Chris Selley: 'Soft corruption' from too many government workers keeps us from having nice things

Even in utterly gridlocked Toronto, it’s absurd that a crew would spend two hours a day on the road You can save this article by registering for...

11.10.2024 3

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Chris Selley: Doug Ford's underground highway of dreams

What is the point of a nominally conservative party if it’s the party of back-of-a-napkin gajillion-dollar megaprojects? You can save this article...

08.10.2024 10

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Chris Selley: Justin Trudeau's electoral-reform mea culpa only makes him look worse

We all knew the Liberals shamelessly deceived proportional representation supporters. It's still remarkable to hear him admit it You can save this...

08.10.2024 6

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Chris Selley: For anti-Israel protesters, October 7 anniversary is an unofficial citizenship test

If you're celebrating 'Palestinian resistance' on Monday, then you're celebrating a pogrom You can save this article by registering for free here. Or...

05.10.2024 10

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Chris Selley: Mary Simon is busting bilingualism's myth that anyone can learn French

Not everyone has the same chance to speak French and English. We have to stop pretending otherwise You can save this article by registering for free...

01.10.2024 20

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Chris Selley: Rise up Canadian billionaires, against Gary Bettman and the NHL

Rogers' MLSE will deliver success as rarely as its Bell partnership did, yet Toronto is stuck with just one team and other cities go without You can...

30.09.2024 10

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Chris Selley: Liberals offer the worst possible reaction to CTV's doctored Poilievre clip Opinion: Liberals don't actually care about good journalism — or at least not enough to oppose bad journalism when it helps them

28.09.2024 6

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Chris Selley: Liberals offer the worst possible reaction to CTV's doctored Poilievre clip

Liberals don't actually care about good journalism — or at least not enough to oppose bad journalism when it helps them You can save this article by...

27.09.2024 10

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Chris Selley: Nothing is less educational than a political protest

Good teachers can make good lessons out of political demonstrations ... but how many good teachers do we have? You can save this article by...

24.09.2024 10

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Chris Selley: The censors are in charge now

Even if Russians at War were naked Kremlin propaganda, politicians' efforts to cancel it would be deplorable You can save this article by registering...

22.09.2024 10

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Chris Selley: Wab Kinew, of all people, should respect the right to counsel

Turfing an MLA because his colleague defended Peter Nygard is a mark of profound unseriousness You can save this article by registering for free here....

19.09.2024 10

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Chris Selley: Corroding our society, one obnoxious Toronto driver at a time

Politicians of all stripes sometimes seem almost ideologically averse to simple solutions You can save this article by registering for free here. Or...

18.09.2024 10

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Chris Selley: Canada banishes a film with the nerve to portray Russians as human

I think we should stand behind Ukraine, too. But if it’s at the cost of a core value, freedom of speech, then what the hell is the point? You can...

13.09.2024 10

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Chris Selley: Kids dying in state care isn't a convincing argument for more state care

The least the state can offer parents it deems unfit, surely, is some reasonable guarantee their kids won’t die if they're taken away You can save...

13.09.2024 10

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Chris Selley: Canada's 'immigration consensus' endures, despite Ottawa's worst efforts

Wanting less immigration isn’t inherently a 'backlash' unless the optimal number of immigrants is infinite, which it is not You can save this...

11.09.2024 10

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Chris Selley: White Claw at 7-Eleven! Pray for us here in the Centre of the Universe

Dear friends. The unthinkable has happened: Doug Ford's madmen have licensed 'convenience stores' (eww) to sell beer, wine, cider and canned cocktails...

07.09.2024 10

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Chris Selley: The NDP ends a defective deal, but its defective leader remains

New Democrats are winning hearts and minds in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba ... what's Jagmeet Singh's excuse? You can save this article by...

05.09.2024 10

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Chris Selley: Cheers to the Liberal backroom renegades, even if I disagree

The Liberal party still seems to think it can whiffle and waffle to a 'balanced' position on Israel and Gaza that will satisfy just about everyone. It...

31.08.2024 10

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Chris Selley: Harm-reduction advocates need to accept defeat, regroup and refocus

The case for supervised-injection sites is compelling. The execution has not been You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in...

30.08.2024 10

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