Federal Elections Coverage 2021
The rise, fall and (maybe) rise again of the Newfoundland cod fisheries
For 32 years a moratorium on cod fishing was in place in Newfoundland. When it hit, it cost tens of thousands of jobs, decimated the economy and changed the...
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Will Justin Trudeau take his own ‘walk in the snow’?
A winter hike was the way his father, then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, decided he was through with politics and would not run again. Inflation was high, Canadians were...
Is America on the brink of political collapse?
Political collapse is an order of magnitude different than, say, “a trouble democracy” or even “a hard right government”. It means the end of democracy, a massive reordering of...
Alice Munro’s tarnished legacy and the evolution of MeToo
Learning that legendary Canadian writer Alice Munro was complicit in ignoring the sexual abuse of her daughter by her husband has shocked the country and forced us all to...
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An LCBO strike, and Ontario’s long, strange history of booze policy
Ontario’s liquor distribution workers are on strike for the first time in their history. The reason? The government’s plan to open up places like corner stores for beer, wine...
How Canada’s asylum system completely collapsed
Eight years ago, the Prime Minister was welcoming Syrian refugees to Canada at the airport, to international acclaim. Canada was viewed as one of the world leaders in accepting...
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