The Dictatorship of No Alternatives
Progressive economists are rethinking markets
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Our latest stories on Canadian politics, elections, parties, and policy, from the municipal to the federal level, plus the politics of the world around us and how they affect our democratic systems.
Shift Happens
Stéphane Dion is the anti-Reagan
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Perfecting the Union Versus Packing It In
Obama wants to perfect his nation, Harper would rather his didn’t exist
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Tour of Duty
Getting the hell out of Kabul: a Canadian soldier’s guide.
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Blown Into Proportion
On the eve of Ontario’s referendum, a young voter makes the
case for overhauling the country’s electoral system
Dog Days and Fall Fun
Ottawa is awash in talk of the Harper government launching its fall campaign by “recalibrating its message,” “proroguing Parliament,” and “delivering a throne speech.” The present-continuous form suits the nation’s …
Read MoreLife during Wartime
Even here on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, surrounded by wealth, beaches, and footloose summer fun, there is sadness, anger, and resignation. Lee Shorey — a fifty-two-year-old high-school teacher and mother of …
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Little Boy’s Family Reunion
The children of Hiroshima visit the unrepentant birthplace of the bomb
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The Last Spike
The week before federal politicians decamped for the summer began with the second Liberal leadership debate in Moncton, New Brunswick. The eleven aspirants tried to separate themselves from the herd, …
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Will CANDU Do?
The black sheep of the world’s nuclear-reactor family struggles to compete
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