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Martin Patriquin

Martin Patriquin is a Montreal-based writer. He has contributed to the New York Times, the Globe and Mail, and iPolitics.
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Dirty Money

Why did SNC-Lavalin Spend Millions on Escorts, Hotel Rooms, and Liquor?

September 4, 2019January 10, 2020 - by Martin Patriquin

The construction company’s alleged attempts to curry favour with strongman Moammar Gadhafi may have set a new low for corporate misbehaviour

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Politics / September 2019

Quebec Rewrites Its History in One Book

August 22, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Martin Patriquin

A controversial new textbook peddles politics over facts

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Photo by Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press
May 2019 / Politics

Can Trudeau Spin the SNC-Lavalin Affair to His Benefit? Just Watch Him

March 8, 2019January 24, 2022 - by Martin Patriquin

The scandal signals that the upcoming election won’t be about “sunny ways”—it will be jobs, jobs jobs

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Feature / January/February 2018 / The Walrus True Crime

How Canada’s Health Care System Helped Create a Killer

December 18, 2017February 5, 2020 - by Martin Patriquin

Johnathan Townsend’s family knew he was a danger. Nobody listened

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Feature / September 2007

Paradise Lost

September 12, 2007October 13, 2019 - by Martin Patriquin

In the summer of 2006, a Montreal family went home to Lebanon.
They found love, affection, and the horrors of war. Most never returned

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Music / September 2006

Touchez-pas That Dial

September 12, 2006March 8, 2020 - by Martin Patriquin

An anglophone DJ charms Montreal listeners, one bungled word at a time

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October 2005 / Society

Chaim and the Great Time Elevator

October 12, 2005May 11, 2020 - by Martin Patriquin

Oscar-nominated actor Chaim Topol is the narrator of the Time Elevator, an amusement ride that takes visitors through 3,000 years of Jerusalem’s history in just under thirty minutes. / Image …

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March 2005 / World

Coalition of the Sort-of Willing Canada Iraq Police

March 12, 2005May 26, 2020 - by Martin Patriquin

On a US base in Jordan, Canadian cops are training new Iraqi police officers for an impossible assignment

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