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Opinion
By fighting a compensation ruling, the government denies First Nations children justice — again
In a statement released last week, Minister of Indigenous Services Seamus O'Regan said that Canada agrees with the tribunal that there has been discrimination and that there is a need for compensation. Yet it is challenging the order.
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Roy Stewart & Derek Simon
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Opinion
If Scheer wants to stop being questioned on his views on gay marriage, he should offer an answer: Robyn Urback
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Robyn Urback
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The judge's bizarre remarks in the Ezekiel Stephan case signal a miscarriage of justice
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Juliet Guichon, Ian Mitchell and Pauline Alakija
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Opinion
The tension in Hong Kong started long before the extradition bill, and will continue to fester long after
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Josephine Chiu-Duke
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What's the difference between the Conservative and Liberal platforms? The colour: Robyn Urback
At a policy level, what the two leading parties in this election propose isn’t all that different: lower income taxes, a mishmash of credits and subsidies for parents and homeowners, and at least four more years of deficits. With either option, we’re not looking at dramatically different Canadas.
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Robyn Urback
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Disabled people are experts in adaptation. They should make the rules, not schools
I have the same disability as Alexis Rosseel, a seven-year-old girl who was "unregistered" from her dance class in Edmonton because she's disabled. Like Alexis, I also use a wheelchair. Today, I'm the world champion of wheelchair parapole.
Erin Clark
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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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Scamming your way into Canada is easy. The fix is easy too, if government is willing to act
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Richard Kurland
Canada -Saskatchewan |
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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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Conservatives hoped SNC-Lavalin would sour Quebecers on Trudeau. Instead, it endeared him to them
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Martin Patriquin
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The Liberals' first-time homebuyers incentive is a bad deal
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Soheil Karkhanechi
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The NDP should've been the 'change' option this election. Instead, it's grasping for relevance: Robyn Urback
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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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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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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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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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'Jihadi Jack' shouldn't be one country's problem. We need an international response
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Kyle Matthews
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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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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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Opinion
Winter is coming, and so is an uncharted economic abyss: Neil Macdonald
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Neil Macdonald
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