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Philippe Lagassé : Enough with the excuses about Parliament and national security
The scandal over Chinese interference has opened a window of opportunity to bring Canada in line with our allies on the sharing of secret information…
Jen Gerson: Danielle Smith, the next Ralph Klein?
Danielle Smith might not last a full term. Or she could be a once-in-a-generation premier. Who knows in this goddamn province.
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Flipping the Line: We all have a responsibility to vote
Sabrina Macpherson asks of Ken Boessenkool, if those among us who are most engaged in protecting the core values of liberal democracy don't vote, then…
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Dispatch from the Ottawa Front: Sloly is telling you all he's in trouble. Who's listening?
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Michelle Rempel Garner: I went to Davos. The World Economic Forum is not running Canada
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Matt Gurney: The Johnston report is one of the most depressing things I've ever read
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Kevin Newman: Kabul shows the unflattering truth: Canada is slow, risk-averse and selfish
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Jen Gerson: Everybody is being dumb
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Dispatch from the Front Line: We don't just neglect security. We disdain it.
The Johnston fallout continues. Alberta prepares to vote, probably. And a fun announcement (and then an appeal) from The Line.
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Experimental The Line podcast episode #0.49: Failure, normalized
Listen now (57 min) | The new Canadian credo: "Can't you see how hard everyone is trying?"
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Ken Boessenkool: Why I won't vote in this election
I won’t choose between bad and worse, and don’t make me say who is which
Mitch Heimpel: David Johnston is Canada's newest guilty man
In the end, the special rapporteur proved himself to be exactly what his critics argued he always was.
Philippe Lagassé: Former governors general should be neither seen, nor heard
Serving as a vice-regal representative should be the last public role an individual performs. That's what the money is for.
Jen Gerson: Okay, but I don't trust you
The facts before me don't warrant any extraordinary leave from my ordinary degree of cynicism.
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Jen Gerson
Matt Gurney: The Johnston report is one of the most depressing things I've ever read
Most of the commentary over the special rapporteur’s report is going to miss the plain, simple truth he reveals: we are just totally, epically boned
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Matt Gurney
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