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From left: Diane Lebouthiller, Ralph Goodale, Jody Wilson-Raybould, Jane Philpott, Bill Blair
Trudeau to make pot legal while cracking down on impaired drivers and pushers
Karl Nerenberg | The Liberal government finally introduced its pot legalization legislation, which contains many law-and-order measures to placate the many who are concerned about the impact of legal dope.
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Is Bill Morneau listening to Canadians? Don't bet on it
Dennis 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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Omar Khadr
Trudeau following Harper's lead in denying justice to illegally imprisoned Muslim men
Kathleen Copps | If the Liberal government is serious about combating Islamophobia, they should award long-denied justice to those in Canada's Muslim communities whose freedoms were sacrificed for the "war on terror."
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The first step to a progressive government in Canada: Take away the Liberals' majority
Dru Oja Jay | Building strong social movements -- and campaigning for a Liberal minority government in 2019 -- could be progressives' best chance at building a better Canada.
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What happened to liberal politicians? Sadly, they got smart.
Rick Salutin | Smartness has subtly insinuated itself everywhere -- except, apparently, among voters. Smart won't ever replace fair; that's just stupid.
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Justin Trudeau
The #ProtectPressFreedom national day of action will tell Trudeau that we are watching closely
Marie Aspiazu | The combination of multiple spying scandals involving Canadian journalists as well as powerful national opposition to Bill C-51 have sparked a national day of action on civil liberties.
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Nathan Cullen speaks to students at McGill University. Flickr/davehuehn
Trump helps make the argument for electoral reform in Canada
Karl Nerenberg | In the U.S., first-past-the-post gave an extremist 100 per cent of the power. To avoid a similar outcome in Canada reform advocates say we need a new voting system.
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'The Picture of Justin Trudeau': One year later, Liberals still masters of the façade
J. Baglow | A year later, and the Conservative government's agenda has accelerated. But Justin remains as popular as ever -- and strangely ageless.
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A look at the Trudeau Liberals a year after the election
Brent Patterson | One year ago on Wednesday, the Trudeau Liberals were swept to power when they won 184 seats in the House of Commons with the promise of "real change."
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Our last chance to knock down the TPP is here, let's seize it!
Marie Aspiazu | The clock is ticking as the government's public consultations on the TPP close on October 31, so it’s never been more important that all Canadians stand together to knock down the worst trade deal
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Lessons for Canada from a U.S. election that is indeed rigged
Karl Nerenberg | In Canada, we still have Harper's Fair Elections Act and electoral reform is still far from a reality. In the U.S., the system produces perverse incentives while depriving millions of the vote.
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Here's how we can repeal Bill C-51 and win strong privacy rules to keep us safe
David Christopher | With your help, we've just launched a powerful new tool to get Canadian voices on the public record against Bill C-51.