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The anti-Trump resistance should stop bringing knives to a gunfight: Neil Macdonald
In response to Laura Ingraham Twitter taunts, 17-year-old David Hogg employed exactly the sort of hardball that far-right activists play, and boy, did it work.
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Neil Macdonald
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For women, kids and families — we need universal child care
Daycare not only allowed us to develop careers, but also helped us raise a son who is smart and empathetic. All parents — not just those who are of certain financial means — should have that opportunity.
Joshua Ostroff
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Ontario is poised to repeat Quebec's daycare mistakes
Targeting child care at children and families who need it most would bring benefits, but offering so-called universal daycare to every family does not.
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Andrea Mrozek
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Can you trust a government pot dealer?: Neil Macdonald
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Neil Macdonald
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Wynne's ploy to buy Ontarians' votes is admirably shameless: Robyn Urback
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Robyn Urback
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The Sixties Scoop tried to extinguish our culture and our spirit. It failed
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Christine Cameron
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Getting tough on Russian aggression, everywhere but in the Arctic
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Robert Smol
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Sure, keep listening to Hedley's music. But lose the adulation for its frontman
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Jowita Bydlowska
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Jagmeet Singh's outreach has been about thwarting violence, not stoking it
Amneet Singh Bali
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Cambridge Analytica has blurred the line between persuasion and manipulation
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Alicia Wanless
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Here's why we pay more for everything in Canada — and always will: Neil Macdonald
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Neil Macdonald
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Why I'm still on Team Hedley
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Kate Graves
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Canada's peacekeeping mission in Africa is destined to become the folly in Mali
David Krayden
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Piecemeal approach to change perpetuates inequality for First Nations children
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Cindy Blackstock
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Censorship is patronizing. Always has been, always will be: Neil Macdonald
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Neil Macdonald
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Every Canadian should have the right to vote — even those living abroad
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Ivo Entchev
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Jagmeet Singh keeps getting asked about Sikh extremism because he won't give an answer: Robyn Urback
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Robyn Urback
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Why should physicians give up pay raises to subsidize government waste?
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Adam Kassam
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Canada's scorn of Donald Trump's protectionism stinks of hypocrisy: Neil Macdonald
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Neil Macdonald
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Ontario PCs choose the path of most resistance with Doug Ford: Robyn Urback
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Robyn Urback
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The backlash against Weight Watchers' program for teens is an absurd overreaction
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Alheli Picazo
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