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David J. Climenhaga
| It's 2018 and we're starting to get a clearer impression of the true meaning of free trade with the United States. Thanks a load, Brian Mulroney! |
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Karl Nerenberg
| Brian Mulroney is remembered for his unctuous manner and the whiff of corruption that surrounded him. In fact, his was a consequential government. Part 2 of 2. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| The Economist didn't blame the decline in American democracy on Donald Trump. They blamed Donald Trump on the decline in American democracy. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| Thank you, Jane Fonda! Former Harper minister touts celebrity visit to prop up implausible argument that visibly effective NDP climate strategy doesn't actually work. |
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Alican Koc
| Why the erratic performances of Ronald Reagan -- and Homer Simpson -- might offer clues to how Donald Trump defied all expectations -- and still might win. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| Would the perennial Canadian advocates of political term limits please shut up! |
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David J. Climenhaga
| With the appointment of Heather Forsyth as Wildrose leader yesterday, Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley is the only leader of an Alberta opposition party who's never been a Tory cabinet minister. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| As Michael Cooper was being chosen by local Conservatives as their candidate in St. Albert-Edmonton, national media seems to have adopted Independent MP and former Tory Brent Rathgeber as a mascot. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| Evidence is strong that in addition to its other flaws, the so-called Canadian Taxpayers Federation has a strong anti-worker, anti-union bias. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| Bill 10 gave Alberta Finance Minister Doug Horner a little flimsy intellectual cover for the idea that what he was doing to public employees was sound policy. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| Not done in Canada, you say? Oh yes it is! If the recently dead political figure is someone on the left, one can say pretty much whatever one feels like. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| Alberta Premier Alison Redford and Finance Minister Doug Horner have been singing Gloomy Thursday, a tune so melancholy many listeners are tempted to jump off a fiscal cliff! |