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Opinion
Andrew Scheer is effectively pro-choice, why not just own it?: Neil Macdonald
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is hardly the first federal party leader to insist he can keep his personal views and political policies separate - Canada's last five prime ministers, including Justin Trudeau, have used the same dodge. But here's why it's not working so well for Scheer.
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Neil Macdonald
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Opinion
Canadian leaders should defend human dignity in life — not just death
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Catherine Frazee
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Opinion
Do the math — Canadians aren't getting the government they're voting for
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Warren Bowen
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Opinion
We all have a part to play in repairing our politically fractured nation: Sask. farmer
Megz Reynolds
Canada -Saskatchewan ||
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Opinion
The preachy, gauzy, meaningless aphorisms don't suffice, Justin Trudeau: Neil Macdonald
Where Stephen Harper and his ministers simply refused to answer, Trudeau's team never stopped answering. They just never said anything, writes Neil Macdonald, and it cost them at the polls.
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Neil Macdonald
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Opinion
Andrew Scheer's narrow vision of conservatism was his party's failing: Robyn Urback
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's message was that he would make Canadians' lives more affordable, which was the Liberals' promise, too. But the Liberals' affordability measures came without the threat — real or perceived — of a backward slide on social issues and environmental measures.
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Robyn Urback
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Opinion
This election presented would-be prime ministers with a moral test. They all failed: Robyn Urback
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Robyn Urback
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Opinion
I don't live in Canada anymore. I shouldn't have the right to vote in its elections
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Mark Reynolds
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Opinion
Racist campaign incidents aren't a digression from the real issues. They are the real issues
Jaskaran Sandhu
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Opinion
By fighting a compensation ruling, the government denies First Nations children justice — again
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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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Opinion
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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Opinion
What's the difference between the Conservative and Liberal platforms? The colour: Robyn Urback
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Robyn Urback
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Opinion
Disabled people are experts in adaptation. They should make the rules, not schools
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?
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
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Martin Patriquin
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Opinion
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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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
Canada -Calgary ||