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Moving forward by looking back, 1998
Karl Nerenberg | In 1998, it looked like Jean Chrétien and his Liberals could remain in power forever. With his response to the near loss of the 1995 referendum, however, Chrétien sowed the seeds of his party's demise
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Françoise David, co-founder of Québec Solidaire, helped turn political debate away from sovereignty
Karl Nerenberg | Françoise David, who founded the progressive Quebec party Québec Solidaire, has retired from politics, saying she is too tired to carry on.
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A rational voice in a time of austerity, Douglas Peters could have set Canada on a different path
Linda McQuaig | There were few in Ottawa inner circles resisting Paul Martin's deep spending cuts as Finance Minister, but one strong dissenting voice came from Douglas Peters, who died last week at the age of 86.
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No, racism against Indigenous people is not a figment of the imagination
Pam Palmater | Last week, former prime minister Paul Martin told the media that Canadians weren't racist, it's just that Indigenous people are invisible to many of them. That's a bit rich, argues Pam Palmater.
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Paul Martin with Bill Morneau
Trudeau's cabinet has diversity, but conservative white men will keep the purse strings
Dru Oja Jay | Diversity in government is especially good if it can raise expectations and lead people to demand that government reflect society in other, more significant ways.
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Liberals release fiscal plan that seeks to avoid austerity with unicorns and fairy dust
Michael Laxer | When you look a little closely at the Liberal plan the austerity devil is in the details.
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Fact check: Liberal attacks against NDP child-care plan more rhetoric than truth
Nora Loreto | Nora Loreto separates the fact from the fiction in the fight between the Liberals and the NDP on child care.
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Liberals trot out Paul Martin to decry NDP's 'far-right' swerve
Nora Loreto | Paul Martin's assertion that the NDP has moved to the "far right" doesn't hold water. Although he would know.
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Olivia Chow
Confused facts, misdirected rants: Salutin attacks Chow on child care
Christopher Majka | Does Olivia Chow bear responsibility for the demise of the national child-care plan of 2005? The Toronto Star's Rick Salutin seems to think so. Let's look at the history and the facts.
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Jim Stanford
Shhhhhh! Don't tell anyone: As PM, Stephen Harper's economic performance is a bust!
David J. Climenhaga | What do you have to do to focus the media's attention on Prime Minister Stephen Harper's horrible economic performance? Draft a Top Ten List?
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In the shadow of Paul Martin: Can you trust the Liberals?
Murray Dobbin | Has the Liberal party grown more trustworthy in the 10 years since we had a Liberal government? A trip down memory lane to Paul Martin's government might offer a helpful reminder.
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Danielle Smith
Forget what you've heard: Here's why Danielle Smith will soon get her cabinet post
David J. Climenhaga | The closed-door deal has to include cabinet posts for key Wildrosers or, to be blunt about it, they simply wouldn't have come across.