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May 16, 2018  Senator Murray Sinclair: Community, education, change: Indigenous ways of knowing KIHKINOOHAMAAKEWINTyler Pennock The chief commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, speaks at the 6th annual Tommy Douglas Institute event on Monday, May 28. |
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Dec 22, 2017  Justin Trudeau had to apologize for good reasonKarl Nerenberg The PM vacationed at the expense of a person involved with a large NGO. Other NGOs should not be disadvantaged because they lack private islands to which to invite Justin Trudeau and family. |
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Nov 2, 2017  Should Trudeau admonish Spain for prosecuting Catalonian leaders?Karl Nerenberg Canada’s political system is different from Spain’s, but this country has dealt with separatists without criminalizing them. A useful lesson for Spain? |
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Oct 17, 2017  Europe's Airbus saves Bombardier's aircraft division by shipping work to AlabamaKarl Nerenberg The European giant Airbus has taken control of Bombardier's C Series aircraft division and plans to manufacture planes for Delta Airlines in the U.S. Will that save the Canadian aerospace industry? |
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Oct 17, 2017  Jean Swanson has achieved victory in defeatSalman Zafar Her second place electoral result in Vancouver shows that an unapologetic, undiluted left candidate can do well in Canadian politics |
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Oct 16, 2017  Is Morneau to blame for Trudeau's slump?Karl Nerenberg Bill Morneau is not the first finance minister to back away from a major proposal. Canadians have many reasons other than a corporate tax change to be disappointed with Justin Trudeau's record |
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Oct 12, 2017  Jagmeet Singh’s Quebec visit reveals both opportunities and dangersKarl Nerenberg On his first visit to Quebec outside Montreal, Singh had to answer tough questions not only on his turban, but also on separation. |
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Oct 11, 2017  'We're really about the grassroots': Interview with Vancouver city council candidate Pete FryAlyse Kotyk Vancouver's Green Party is hoping for a second seat on city council in the upcoming by-election. |
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Oct 2, 2017  'We can be doing better': Interview with Vancouver city council candidate Judy GravesAlyse Kotyk With Vancouver's by-election just under two weeks away, homeless-advocate is hoping to win a seat on city council. |
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Sep 20, 2017  Bloc leader attacks Jagmeet Singh, gives fuel to Quebec bashersKarl Nerenberg Bloc Québécois leader Martine Ouellet claims that Jagmeet Singh's NDP leadership campaign signifies we must now confront not only the religious right, but also the new and scary religious left. |
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Jul 20, 2017  Unions say minimum wage and workers' rights should be NDP Premier Horgan's priorityMeagan Gillmore British Columbia's unions are hopeful for increases to minimum wage and improved workers' rights with John Horgan's NDP-Green coalition government. |
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Jul 14, 2017  Labour finds cause to rejoice in some Trudeau government actionsKarl Nerenberg It has been a long time since the Canadian labour movement has had the opportunity to applaud the actions of a Canadian federal government. And yet recently the Canadian Labour Congress did just that. |
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Jun 23, 2017  NDP leadership candidates affirm support for labour in debateMeagan Gillmore NDP leadership candidates reinforced their commitment to workers and the labour movement at a debate hosted by the United Steelworkers in Toronto on Thursday night. |
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Jun 23, 2017  The year that was for the Trudeau government, as it approaches middle ageKarl Nerenberg Is the Trudeau government merely Harper-lite or is it a beacon of democratic, humanistic internationalism? Based on its record this past year, and at the mid point in its mandate, it is neither. |
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Jun 19, 2017  When it comes to respect for Parliament, Trudeau is uncomfortably like HarperKarl Nerenberg A year ago, the Trudeau Liberals were still new to power, and yet they seemed to be slipping into the arrogant habits for which they had fervently criticized their Conservative predecessors. |
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May 2, 2017  Trudeau's social media mastermind tours Europe, explains strategyJune Chua Tom Pitfield, a childhood friend of Trudeau's and a former IBM innovation expert, went through a top 10 Buzzfeed-like list of What He Learned from the Election Campaign. |
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Mar 23, 2017  Liberals' second budget gets failing gradeMiriam Katawazi The federal government, says David Macdonald, "took the 2016 budget out and put a new cover on it... Now you have the 2017 budget. They’ve gift wrapped last year’s budget." |
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Mar 20, 2017  Is Bill Morneau listening to Canadians? Don't bet on itDennis Howlett If Finance Minister Morneau is serious about tax fairness, Canadians for Tax Fairness say here are three changes he could include in the 2017-18 Budget. |
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May 16, 2016  George Elliott Clarke speaks on Canada: A different storyResh Budhu On May 19, Canada's Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke joins educators and activists to speak to the theme of Canada: A Different Story at the fourth annual Tommy Douglas Institute. |
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Oct 14, 2015  Election 2015: Where do the federal parties stand on EI reform?Laurell Ritchie The NDP and Liberals have both promised to repeal the Conservatives' 2012 EI changes. Can they actually do it? And where do the other parties stand? |
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Oct 8, 2015  Election 2015: Let's make every vote countFair Vote Canada Will 2015 be the last first-past-the-post election in Canada? It could be. Here's how. |
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Aug 21, 2015  Trudeau's jabs at Mulcair show gaping holes in Liberal platformDan Darrah If Trudeau wants to remain a strong player in the election, trying to out-progressive Mulcair is a losing strategy. The Liberals need to start making commitments and stop flip-flopping on others. |
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Aug 6, 2015  Snubbing youth voters is nothing newMinto Ewen Since 1970, each generation has participated less in the democratic process. Has this got us where we are today? Something's gotta give. |
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Jul 20, 2015  New Senate committee report rehashes old myths about terrorismAzeezah Kanji The nine-month-long investigation into the problem of radicalization and violent extremism in Canada unsurprisingly exemplifies the problems with the Conservatives' approach to counterterrorism. |
