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Linda McQuaig

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Court ruling makes factory farms harder for the public to investigate

Court ruling makes factory farms harder for the public to investigate

There’s a lot going on at factory farms that the owners don’t want us to see — and they’ve just won the right to keep it all secret. That’s...

13.06.2026 10

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What are factory farms hiding? Appeal court ruling assures we’ll never know

What are factory farms hiding? Appeal court ruling assures we’ll never know
11.06.2026 10

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When will Liberal prime ministers realize appeasing Alberta will never work?

28.05.2026 10

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Big Oil nurtured ‘petro-populists;’ now they’re driving separatist cause

28.05.2026 10

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When will Liberal prime ministers realize appeasing Alberta will never work?

28.05.2026 30

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Doug Ford has opened the door to privatizing our water, history show how that can put public health at risk

15.05.2026 10

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Is Doug Ford misleading the public and putting our drinking water at risk?

14.05.2026 30

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Is Doug Ford misleading the public and putting our drinking water at risk?

14.05.2026 30

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Privatizing our airports won’t keep air travel affordable — just look at how Highway 407 is playing out

05.05.2026 20

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Airport privatization won’t lead to greater affordability

05.05.2026 20

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Carney should make an effort to promote nuclear disarmament

05.05.2026 20

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Privatizing our airports won’t keep air travel affordable — just look at how Highway 407 is playing out

05.05.2026 20

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Here’s something even more important than reducing tariffs, and Carney should do it

30.04.2026 20

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Here’s something even more important than reducing tariffs, and Carney should do it

30.04.2026 30

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Spanish prime minister shows Carney how to take on Trump

16.04.2026 30

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Carney could learn from the Spanish prime minister how to take on Trump

16.04.2026 40

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Spanish prime minister shows Carney how to take on Trump

16.04.2026 30

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Copying the US economically is not the road to happiness

07.04.2026 20

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Avi Lewis may be onto something

02.04.2026 20

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We should stop trying to copy unhappy America

02.04.2026 30

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We should stop trying to copy unhappy America

02.04.2026 30

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Doug Ford shows why we need a wealth tax

19.03.2026 30

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We need a wealth tax

19.03.2026 60

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We need a wealth tax

19.03.2026 70

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A left-wing populist is what the NDP needs in the age of obscene wealth inequality

05.03.2026 60

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Time for a left-wing populist

05.03.2026 50

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While resisting Trump, Carney is giving corporations a free-hand

19.02.2026 60

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Carney’s vision at Davos ignores the UN and smaller nations

05.02.2026 40

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Carney wants Canada ‘at the table.’ What about other nations ‘on the menu’?

05.02.2026 20

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Carney wants Canada ‘at the table.’ What about other nations ‘on the menu’?

05.02.2026 20

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Stopping Trump will require nations to stand together

10.01.2026 40

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The best way to stop Trump’s boundless territorial ambitions is for nations to stand together

09.01.2026 20

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The best way to stop Trump’s boundless territorial ambitions is for nations to stand together

09.01.2026 20

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Canadians care, yet this issue never makes it onto the political agenda

26.12.2025 30

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The Alberta pipeline deal will bring us closer to climate Armageddon

12.12.2025 40

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Public service job cuts are a self-inflicted wound that affects everyone

02.12.2025 40

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Why do we mourn jobs killed by Trump, but not ones we kill ourselves?

28.11.2025 20

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Left-wing populist Avi Lewis might be the answer to the banker Mark Carney

14.11.2025 50

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With Carney’s budget prioritizing the business elite, could this be Canada’s Mamdani moment?

13.11.2025 30

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Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ is not something Canada should be a part of

31.10.2025 40

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The very Canadian rebellion that made us who we are

11.10.2025 40

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Postal banking once made Canada Post profitable — and could again

01.10.2025 70

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Postal banking once made Canada Post profitable — and could again

01.10.2025 20

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Postal banking once made Canada Post profitable — and could again

30.09.2025 30

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This is the national project Mark Carney should have chosen

19.09.2025 30

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Mark Carney should pursue renewable energy as a national project

18.09.2025 50

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Canada can do more to help starving children in Gaza

06.09.2025 30

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Canada can do more to help starving children in Gaza — but it would require some real leadership

04.09.2025 40

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The marketplace will not solve climate change

25.08.2025 30

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Climate change is a solvable problem — but it can’t be left to the marketplace because profits depend on blocking the transition from fossil fuel

22.08.2025 30

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