What I Learned About Democracy in 2017
Welcome to the new post-rational, post-truth, post-reality world
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Donald Trump is the 47th President of the United States.
The Intolerable Immodesty of Justin Trudeau
Ottawa’s new Mandate Letter Tracker tries to buff out the Liberal Party’s broken promises
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Fearing Those Who Flee Trump’s America
Canada is using the Safe Third Country Agreement to systematically turn back asylum seekers
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It’s Time For Unions to Prove They Still Matter
The labour movement needs to seize its chance to lead the left—and to reassert its relevance
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Don’t Let the Alt-Right’s Rebrand Fool You
Rejecting Neo-Nazism is part of the movement’s long game for mainstream legitimacy
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When Canadian Politicians Talk to US Media
As NAFTA negotiations start, Canadian political parties must find a way to debate publicly without calling each other traitors
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America’s Newfound Fascination with Canada
It’s not just Trump vs. Trudeau. In the US, working government policy has become an endangered species
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The Comey Hearing Moves Canada One Step Further from the US
Forget the clash of civilizations. The new struggle is between the forces of law and the forces of lawlessness
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Living With the Authoritarian Next Door
America is learning what it’s like to live without democracy. Where does that leave Canada?
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Why Canada’s Trump Called it Quits
Kevin O’Leary’s US-style zingers went off like wet firecrackers in a country where people let one another finish their sentences—in English and French
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