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Rachel Notley & Justin Trudeau
A compelling counter-narrative: Are Justin Trudeau and Rachel Notley singing from the same hymn book?
David J. Climenhaga | No doubt about it, if there's a pipeline deal in the offing, the "bombshell" announcement made by the Prime Minister Monday can be made to work for both the federal Liberals and the Alberta NDP.
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Neal Bernard Hancock
Bernard the Roughneck in his own words: Neal Bernard Hancock responds to his critics
David J. Climenhaga | The appearance on Parliament Hill of "Bernard the Roughneck" caused a storm on social media. Is he "just an average roughneck?" You be the judge.
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J.S. Woodsworth
Rain is forecast in Edmonton, but today promises to be a sunny Labour Day celebration just the same
David J. Climenhaga | Labour Day 2016: Things sure don't seem as dire now as they did at this time only a year ago, do they?
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Stephen Harper
Stephen Harper quits his day job, sets up 'international' consultancy -- brace for trouble!
David J. Climenhaga | It's a pity, really, there's so little for former PMs in this country to do after they leave office other than collect their generous Parliamentary pensions.
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The memorial to the Soviet soldiers who died conquering the city of Berlin in 19
If there's no Russian threat to the Baltics, why are Canada's soldiers there again?
David J. Climenhaga | NATO's top soldier lets it slip there's no evidence the Russians pose any threat to the three Baltic Republics. So what are Canadian soldiers doing there?
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Mel Hurtig (Photo by Alex Waterhouse-Hayward)
Mel Hurtig, a great Canadian -- and, full of beans, as we used to say
David J. Climenhaga | Mel Hurtig died yesterday in Vancouver. He was 84. He was a great Canadian. He will be missed.
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Stephen Harper
One year ago, Stephen Harper, master of all he surveyed, called an election -- what could possibly go wrong?
David J. Climenhaga | Justin Trudeau is popular because Canadians still have the image of what a decade of Conservative government looks like, looming large in our collective rearview mirror.
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Stephen Harper
Does the federal Tory pivot toward Alberta show they've given up on power in Ottawa?
David J. Climenhaga | It is axiomatic a supposedly national party can't exclusively take the side of a single province without doing itself serious harm. Yet this seems to be what the current CPC leadership wants to do.
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Image: Facebook/Justin Trudeau
Liberals' 'Sunny Ways' eclipsed by cynical old-style politics
J. Baglow | We are easily mesmerized by surface appearances. Trudeau's agenda is as extreme as Harper's -- and being implemented more quickly.
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Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Ottawa won't say if former Ukrainian prime minister is now a Canadian citizen, as Russian media report
David J. Climenhaga | Approximately 600 people were granted expedited citizenship throughout the time the Harper government was in power.
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Rick Strankman
Tragedies we ignore: Recent Wildrose gaffe won't end right's bogus equivalencies in Canadian political discourse
David J. Climenhaga | Only certain tragic catastrophes make the grade for public discourse in our society, and those are the ones that can be interpreted as "proof" socialism is evil.
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Lisa Raitt
When the Tories and the Fraser Institute team up to attack plans to improve the CPP, you know it needs fixing!
David J. Climenhaga | Seniors living in poverty may suit Conservatives, the Fraser Institute and the media. It shouldn't suit Canadians.