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Konrad Yakabuski

Konrad Yakabuski

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À son entrée en politique fédérale, en 2013, Chrystia Freeland se voyait déjà comme une future ministre des Finances. L’ancienne journaliste...

22.12.2024 6

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Assad’s reign of terror in Syria is finally over. What took so long?

19.12.2024 10

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After decades of rancour, can Quebec and Newfoundland finally become friends?

Quebec Premier Francois Legault and Andrew Furey, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, shake hands after signing a memorandum of understanding during...

14.12.2024 6

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Le 51e État

Cela s’appelle l’ironie du sort. En 2015, fraîchement élu comme premier ministre fédéral, Justin Trudeau qualifiait le Canada de « premier...

08.12.2024 10

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France’s political system has hit a wall, and Emmanuel Macron is to blame

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a statement to the press with Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in...

06.12.2024 10

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L’inspiration albertaine

La première ministre de l’Alberta, Danielle Smith, est encore une fois montée aux barricades cette semaine pour s’élever contre les...

01.12.2024 10

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Does Canada have an obligation to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu on an ICC warrant?

A man carries a placard with the image of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as people attend a protest march in support of the hostages...

29.11.2024 10

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Canada must put up or shut up on defence spending

A Canadian Forces Leopard 2A4 tank displays it's firepower on the firing range at CFB Gagetown in Oromocto, N.B., in September, 2012. David Smith/The...

28.11.2024 10

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La revanche des «bros»

En septembre dernier, la firme torontoise Environics a sondé les Canadiens sur les élections américaines alors à venir. Sans surprise, la...

16.11.2024 6

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Quebec sovereigntists are on a roll. Could Canada be facing another unity crisis?

Parti Quebecois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon walks to a news conference on Oct. 28, 2024 at the legislature in Quebec City. Jacques Boissinot/The...

15.11.2024 10

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Will Trump regret making Marco Rubio his secretary of state?

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio arrives for the Senate Republican leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 13 in Washington, DC. Just how Mr. Rubio will...

14.11.2024 8

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Le grand retour

Depuis son arrivée au pouvoir, il y a maintenant neuf ans, Justin Trudeau a vu passer trois élections présidentielles américaines, soit plus que...

09.11.2024 10

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Note to Democrats: Less finger-pointing, more soul-searching

U.S. Vice President Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris waves at supporters as she walks off stage after speaking at Howard University in...

08.11.2024 9

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Trump’s spectacular comeback was fuelled by America’s angst

Supporters of former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump show their support on Election Day near his residence at the...

06.11.2024 10

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Se faire rouler dans la farine

Vers la fin des années 1980, les étoiles semblaient alignées pour que le Canada se dote d’un train à grande vitesse (TGV) pour remplacer le...

02.11.2024 8

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Whether it’s Trump or Harris, U.S. foreign policy is headed into uncharted territory

Even more than is usual, this U.S. presidential election has the entire world on edge. The result will either be a return to the “America First”...

01.11.2024 9

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Kamala Harris finds the closing argument she needed

A lot of funny things happened on the way to the 2024 U.S. presidential election that have left us facing the unfunny prospect of a second Donald...

30.10.2024 9

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Les derniers jours de Justin Trudeau

« Le Parti libéral est fort et uni », a affirmé cette semaine le premier ministre Justin Trudeau, peu de temps après que plus d’une vingtaine...

26.10.2024 10

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Religion in public schools is roiling Quebec politics once again

Bedford Elementary School in Montreal, on Oct. 11. Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press Some of the biggest political battles ever fought in Quebec...

25.10.2024 10

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Why the CBC’s new president could be its last

Marie-Philippe Bouchard, a Quebec TV executive who has been appointed as the new president of the CBC. Benedicte Brocard/The Canadian Press The House...

24.10.2024 10

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Kamala Harris is losing the campaign

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event in Washington Crossing, Pa. on Oct. 16. Matt Slocum/The...

17.10.2024 7

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The Canada-India row has its roots in the Liberals’ diaspora politics

16.10.2024 8

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Quebec once again pushes the envelope on assisted death by allowing advance requests for MAID

Marie Laberge is a popular Quebec author whose books depicting the inner lives of women fly off the shelves in her home province. Over her...

11.10.2024 10

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Call for arms embargo on Israel is just the latest act in Macron’s ‘zigzag diplomacy’

France's President Emmanuel Macron waits at the presidential Elysee Palace, in Paris on Oct. 7. ALAIN JOCARD/AFP/Getty Images On Monday, many of...

10.10.2024 10

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La loi et l’ordre selon Poilievre

Le chef du Parti conservateur du Canada (PCC), Pierre Poilievre, est revenu à la charge en fustigeant le laxisme du gouvernement libéral de Justin...

05.10.2024 10

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Why Pierre Poilievre can’t crack the Quebec code

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period on Sept. 25, in Ottawa. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press Quebec Premier François...

04.10.2024 20

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Israel and Iran move closer toward a war the U.S. seems helpless to prevent

Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, on Oct. 1. Amir Cohen/Reuters The U.S....

03.10.2024 10

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Unloved at home, Macron and Trudeau could both be gone soon

A person holds a cut-out depicting French President Emmanuel Macron during a demonstration to protest against the new French Prime Minister and his...

27.09.2024 10

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Joe Biden leaves the world stage worse off than he found it

U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters on Sept. 24. Manuel Balce Ceneta/The...

25.09.2024 10

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Ça vole bas

Lorsque Jean-Yves Duclos s’est présenté comme candidat libéral pour la première fois, en 2015, l’ancien professeur d’économie de...

21.09.2024 7

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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris might not be so different on Ukraine, after all

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, left, shakes hands with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky as they meet for a bilateral talk during the Summit on...

19.09.2024 10

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By-election win confirms the Bloc’s staying power as the Liberals implode in Quebec

Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, right, and newly-elected candidate Louis-Philippe Sauvé pose with their campaign posters on Sept. 17 in...

18.09.2024 8

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Mark Carney finally enters Liberal politics – but is he too late?

Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney leaves after speaking to reporters at the Liberal caucus retreat in Nanaimo, B.C., on Sept. 10. DARRYL...

13.09.2024 9

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A superbly prepared Kamala Harris may have turned doubters into believers

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, stops by a presidential debate watch party after the debate in Philadelphia, on...

11.09.2024 10

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Réparer ses dégâts

S’il y a une critique qui revient sans cesse à propos du gouvernement du premier ministre Justin Trudeau, c’est qu’il met trop l’accent sur...

31.08.2024 10

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Democrats ridicule J.D. Vance at their peril

Republican vice-presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) speaks at a rally at trucking company Team Hardinger, on Aug. 28 in Erie, Penn. Jeff...

30.08.2024 10

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On foreign policy, Harris is likely to look more to Obama than Biden

In accepting her party’s presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention, Kamala Harris articulated as full-throated an endorsement of...

28.08.2024 7

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Que la joute Bloc-PCC commence

La tournée québécoise qu’a effectuée cette semaine le chef conservateur Pierre Poilievre ne laisse guère de doute. Le Parti conservateur du...

24.08.2024 7

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The mischievousness in Trudeau’s appointment of Charles Adler to the Senate

Charles Adler at a press conference on a baseball field in Winnipeg, on Sept. 15, 2010. JOHN WOODS/The Canadian Press Jaws dropped in Ottawa when...

23.08.2024 10

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Biden’s shoddy treatment at DNC cements his status as a tragic figure

President Joe Biden waves goodbye at the end of his speech at the Democratic National Convention, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP...

21.08.2024 10

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Chercher le centre

« Ni à gauche, ni à droite, mais en avant. » Tel est le slogan du tout nouveau Parti avenir canadien (PAC), qui promet une solution aux...

17.08.2024 10

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Can Kamala Harris sustain the momentum until November?

U.S. President Joe Biden looks on as Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at Prince George's Community College in...

16.08.2024 20

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Quebec Liberals have reason to hope as Pablo Rodriguez mulls leaderhip bid

Minister of Transport Pablo Rodriguez speaks to reporters ahead of a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on June 11. Spencer Colby/The...

15.08.2024 9

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Courir après le désastre

Lors du dépôt du budget fédéral en avril dernier, les stratèges libéraux avaient fixé comme objectif ambitieux d’effacer l’avance des...

10.08.2024 5

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How France fell in love with the Olympics it thought it would hate

The Arc de Triomphe during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 26, in Paris, France. Lionel Bonaventure/The Associated Press There...

09.08.2024 9

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With their vice-presidential picks, Harris and Trump leave voters with a stark choice to make

U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her newly chosen vice presidential running mate Minnesota Governor Tim...

08.08.2024 20

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As France welcomes the world to the Paris Olympics, its citizens worry about the future

The phryge mascot is seen on the sail of Banque Populaire XI, part of the Olympic torch relay, Brest Harbour, western France, on June 7. OSCAR...

26.07.2024 10

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In wake of Trump shooting, Democrats look defenceless as Republicans play the blame game

President Joe Biden is seen on a monitor in the press briefing room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, July 14, 2024. Susan Walsh/The...

15.07.2024 10

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Emmanuel Macron has driven a nail in his own political coffin by choosing to call this election

French President Emmanuel Macron leaves by car after voting in the second round of France's legislative election at a polling station in Le Touquet,...

08.07.2024 20

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Canada has the worst electoral system, except for all the others

Campaign signs line a residential street in the Toronto-St Paul's federal riding on June 21. Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail It is a big year for...

05.07.2024 10

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