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Far from being a Trumpian import, the Conservative leadership contender Pierre Poilievre's strategy draws directly from Canada's own history of populist rhetoric

23 hr ago

Not-even-close-to-being-experimental-anymore The Line podcast episode #0.10 Listen now (49 min) | RCMP. Abortion. MRG vs. the CPC. And why things are going to get absolutely bonkers now.

Jun 26

Former chief justice Beverley McLachlin is actively legitimizing Beijing’s takeover of Hong Kong whether she realizes it or not.

47 min ago

Analyzing the controversy at the national police service. Roe v. Wade is dead. Things will get bonkers now. The state of the CPC, and our institutions.

Jun 25

BOOK EXCERPT: Not only did police not call for the invocation of the Emergencies Act; talks between organizers and police were beginning to bear fruit…

Jun 24

Not all travel is tourism. Not all trips are fun. Canadians have a right to travel. The government must fix this dysfunction.

Jun 23

Public safety ministers and prime ministers are in the vote-seeking business. RCMP commissioners aren't supposed to be.

Jun 22

The Liberals muscled through legislation regulating the Internet while accusing the bill's critics of spreading misinformation.

Jun 21

A whiff of death in Ottawa. A very typical Liberal scandal at Foreign Affairs. Airports. Alberta. And more!

Jun 18

Not at all that experimental The Line podcast episode #0.9 Listen now (42 min) | Did the Liberals tip over? Or do they just need a barbecue? Can Alberta pull a Quebec? And, um, is this going to be the last good…

Jun 18

Why is there no Royal Canadian Navy task force heading in to keep the sealanes in the international waters of the Black Sea open?

Jun 17

Canada is huge, why does “Normal” demand we cluster on top of each other in veal-fattening pen jobs and white-hot housing markets?

Jun 16

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