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Opinion
Why did it take a clueless white dude in brownface to get us to talk about race in this election?
Of course what Trudeau did was racist, hypocritical, insensitive and wrong. But when considering the problem of racism in this country, the clueless blundering of privileged white men is a low-stakes problem.
Tejpal Singh Swatch
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Opinion
Justin Trudeau — a self-appointed moral steward in blackface: Robyn Urback
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Robyn Urback
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Opinion
Scamming your way into Canada is easy. The fix is easy too, if government is willing to act
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Richard Kurland
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Opinion
The campaign is a hologram — make-believe tensions over minuscule differences: Neil Macdonald
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Neil Macdonald
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Opinion
Conservatives hoped SNC-Lavalin would sour Quebecers on Trudeau. Instead, it endeared him to them
SNC-Lavalin is a symbol of Quebec success and might on the world stage, and Trudeau stood up for it.
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Martin Patriquin
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Opinion
The Liberals' first-time homebuyers incentive is a bad deal
If, like most people, you buy a home with a view that it will go up in value, you give up a sizeable portion of the tax-free upside associated with the appreciation of your home by taking the government's incentive.
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Soheil Karkhanechi
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Opinion
The NDP should've been the 'change' option this election. Instead, it's grasping for relevance: Robyn Urback
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh could, theoretically, harness the desire for change that the Liberals left unfulfilled because they used the same sort of Harper-style governing tactics during their tenure. If only the NDP could figure out what it's doing.
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Robyn Urback
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Opinion
The inconvenient truth about Quebec's secularism law Trudeau doesn't want to face: it's popular
Jean-François Lisée
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Point of View
Owning a dog means playing God. It's a role no human wants to play: Neil Macdonald
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Neil Macdonald
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Opinion
Tennis is so much of a mental game. That's why Bianca Andreescu shines
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Oren Weisfeld
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Opinion
Was Canada's Mali mission worth it? Absolutely
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Brian Cox
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OPINION | What's really holding back the oilsands? It's not the bill of goods you're being sold
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Andrew Leach
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Opinion
For years, we worried 13 Reasons Why could provoke suicidal behaviours. Now we have the evidence
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Natalie Mota and Christine Henriksen
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Opinion
Canada played a critical role in nuclear development. We should play a critical role in reparations
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Matt Korda
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Opinion
Quebec's secularism law is a national disgrace — and yet barely an election issue: Robyn Urback
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Robyn Urback
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Opinion
This election should be about more than which leader sucks. Alas, it won't be: Neil Macdonald
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Neil Macdonald
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Opinion
'Jihadi Jack' shouldn't be one country's problem. We need an international response
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Kyle Matthews
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Opinion
Trump's disloyalty slur is about shoring up support from evangelicals, not American Jews: Neil Macdonald
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Neil Macdonald
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Opinion
Like you, I never thought the opioid crisis would knock at my door. Then it came for my son
Katherine Steinhoff
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Opinion
Canada has flipped the burden of proof for bail in cases of repeated intimate partner violence
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Cassandra Richards & Souhila Baba
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Opinion
A Prime Minister's Office drunk on its own arrogance: Robyn Urback
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Robyn Urback
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Winter is coming, and so is an uncharted economic abyss: Neil Macdonald
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Neil Macdonald
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There's no easy path forward in Canada's dispute with China, but there is a moral one
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Patrick Groeneveld-Meijer
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Opinion
Prosecuting returning ISIS fighters is incredibly difficult, as it should be
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Colin Dea
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Opinion
Canada glories in summer, while Trump feeds and waters his racist mooncalves: Neil Macdonald
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Neil Macdonald
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Opinion
Improving our health care will come from greater public investments, not private alternatives
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Thara Kumar
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Opinion
Canada should use the notwithstanding clause to prosecute returning ISIS fighters
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Brian Cox
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Opinion
The U.S. is not a safe place for refugees. I see it every day I go to work
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Luis Campos
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