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Opinion Disabled veterans will do Canada proud at Invictus despite the government, not because of it
Through no fault of their own, the very public show of individual strength and perseverance among Canadian Invictus athletes will give the very mistaken impression that all is well among those who have returned from war. It isn't. More read comments video
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Opinion Trudeau's promise of a renewed relationship with Indigenous Peoples seems to be all talk
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The most glaring demonstration of the disingenuity of the promise of this new relationship is the long-standing and continued discrimination against First Nations children on reserves.
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Opinion Could the Ontario government actually lose money selling pot?: Robyn Urback
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In order for this government-run operation to eclipse the black market, its product needs to be at least as accessible and affordable as what is currently available to recreational users. By this scheme, it will be neither.
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Opinion Were the blood and treasure Canada spent in Afghanistan worth it? Ask a shattered soldier: Neil Macdonald
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Kushi and her sister made a living selling cheap scarves outside NATO's Kabul headquarters. Then, one day in 2012, an al-Qaeda suicide bomber made it into the green zone. Until Kushi's murder, Charlie had held it together.
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Opinion If money is talking in Ottawa, it's apparently not doing so very loudly or persuasively
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Yes, organizations are clearly lobbying the government on behalf of small business owners, and presumably have been for some time. But to me, this suggests that they have done a spectacularly poor job of wielding their influence, since their main constituents are being slammed with a new policy that will be very detrimental to them.
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Opinion It makes zero sense to be a Canadian Trump supporter: Robyn Urback
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Making America Great Again absolutely means Making Canada A Little Worse. What patriotic Canadian would support that?
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Opinion Money talks in Canadian politics. This tax reform showdown is just the latest proof
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The rhetorical showdown in Parliament this autumn over tax reform for a small number Canadians who are very wealthy, or only more wealthy than most, will exist because they – and the organizations that represent them – have the money to make it one.
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Opinion Canada has no business lecturing Mexico and the U.S. over labour laws: Neil Macdonald
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It may be that our virtue-signalling to the Americans and the Mexicans is just tactical: a feel-good political statement for the home audience that we'll drop the moment we get what we really want. Maybe. Let's hope so.
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Opinion Sectarian divisions exploited by ISIS still endure in Iraq
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Human Rights Watch has documented cases of torture and abuse, and the head of the Iraqi government's Shia Endowment, Alaa al-Mousawi, has called for non-Muslims to convert to Islam or be killed. So far, Prime Minister Abadi has offered little more than lip service.
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Opinion Canadian government is making the right moves in cracking down on lending practices: Neil Macdonald
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The situation in some Canadian cities is nuts, and the virtuous need protection from the stupid and greedy. The only entity that can offer that is the government.
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Opinion Just fix the bloody math curriculum: Robyn Urback
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How many years' worth of students need to be rendered innumerate before provincial curriculum writers admit their little "discovery math" gambit has been a failure? Five? Ten? Oops — sorry, that's a math question.
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