Labelling the Proud Boys Terrorists May Do More Harm than Good
The decision may feel like justice, but expanding the designation could have unintended consequences
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China Wants to Invest in the Arctic. Why Doesn’t Canada?
While Canada ignores the North’s economic potential, China is poised to make inroads
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When QAnon Came to Canada
As the conspiracy theories continue to creep northward, experts warn that we should be prepared for anything
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Can Governments Really Be Feminist?
Politicians like to claim the label, but they rarely turn it into meaningful policy
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Three Truths and the Lie of American Democracy
Joe Biden may have won the presidency, but the broken system that brought us Donald Trump is far from fixed
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How George Orwell’s 1984 Got Published in Cuba
In 2016, the antitotalitarian classic mysteriously appeared in a new translation
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What Happens When a President Doesn’t Want to Concede?
American democracy appears to be hanging by a thread. Canada should be ready for anything
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David Frum Fights the Right
The controversial conservative export on his fears for the US election and the future of the Republican Party
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Why Canada Won’t Go Broke
According to a controversial economic theory, racking up government debt from COVID-19 might not matter
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