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COMMENTARY FROM CANADIAN PUBLICATIONS
Opinion
Editorially selected perspectives from Canadian news and policy publications.
Vancouver Sun Opinion · Dan Fumano ·
Dan Fumano: In poignant final council meeting, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and most of his party say goodbye and good luck
Read original ↗Policy Magazine · Brandon Silver ·
Remembering Václav Havel, and His Moral Clarity, at Forum 2000
Read original ↗Vancouver Sun Opinion · Ella Hartsoe ·
Opinion: Animals are hidden victims of B.C.’s wildfire season
Read original ↗Policy Magazine · Bruce Anderson ·
Satisfaction with Carney Hits 70%: Is ‘Bridge’ Politics Beating ‘Wedge’ Politics?
Read original ↗National Post Opinion · Scott Stinson ·
Scott Stinson: For Doug Ford, the 21-week summer is over. A cold front is moving in
Read original ↗National Post Opinion · Rob Breakenridge ·
Rob Breakenridge: Danielle Smith bans DEI hiring in the public sector, daring the NDP to oppose
Read original ↗Policy Magazine · Lisa Van Dusen ·
Mark Carney, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, and the New ‘Guerre des Drapeaux’
Read original ↗The Hub · The Hub Staff ·
Lines that landed: Question Period for October 27
Read original ↗The Hub · Falice Chin ·
How B.C.’s political shakeup could reshape Western Canada’s economic future
Read original ↗The Conversation Canada · James Deaville, Professor of Music, Carleton University ·
The female scream is now an all-powerful cry in horror films
Read original ↗National Post Opinion · Anthony Furey ·
Anthony Furey: Think Toronto is bad now? Wait till Chow's new left-wing council takes over
Read original ↗Ottawa Citizen Opinion · Randall Denley ·
A good day’s work by Ottawa voters, except one thing | Opinion
Read original ↗The Hub · Stephen Staley ·
Toronto chooses 4 more years of disorder and decline
Read original ↗The Conversation Canada · Allan Greer, Professor Emeritus of History, McGill University ·
How Canada has made Athabasca a sacrifice zone for resource extraction
Read original ↗The Conversation Canada · Jamie Seabrook, Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Professor, Department of Paediatrics; Professor, Brescia School of Food and Nutritional ·
Do more cannabis stores near schools mean more teens use cannabis? Our research suggests the answer is complicated
Read original ↗Ottawa Citizen Opinion · Bruce Deachman ·
Ottawa's mayor needs to start using OC Transpo | Opinion
Read original ↗Macdonald-Laurier Institute · Skander Belouizdad ·
The broken system — How Canada fails children and youth at risk: Paul W. Bennett and Elizabeth Lance
Read original ↗Macdonald-Laurier Institute · Skander Belouizdad ·
Canada’s self-imposed high gas prices: Heather Exner-Pirot in the National Post
Read original ↗National Post Opinion · Rob Breakenridge ·
Galloway’s life was destroyed. This is his reckoning: Amy Hamm
Read original ↗Policy Magazine · Kevin Nealer and Jennifer Lee ·
Letter from Washington: The Midterms Home Stretch
Read original ↗Policy Magazine · Louise Blais ·
Washington Still Wants a Say at the United Nations, for Better or Worse
Read original ↗The Conversation Canada · Ann-Kathrin McLean, School Director & Assistant Professor, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University ·
Halloween meets history in many ghostly tourism attractions. Is this a problem?
Read original ↗The Hub · The Hub Staff ·
Parliament Today: Conservatives target debt interest ahead of the Nov. 5 budget
Read original ↗National Post Opinion · Special to National Post ·
Kevin Paquette: Québec solidaire chooses keffiyeh waving over governance
Read original ↗National Post Opinion · J.D. Tuccille ·
J.D. Tuccille: While Democrats are favoured in the U.S. midterms, uncertainty reigns
Read original ↗The Hub · The Hub Staff ·
Trump predicts quick end to Canada trade war as Carney hints at U.S. movement
Read original ↗Ottawa Citizen Opinion · Citizen letters ·
Helping people age in place is No. 1 goal | Letters to the Editor
Read original ↗National Post Opinion · Adam Zivo ·
Adam Zivo: Olivia Chow's election victory is nothing to be proud of
Read original ↗The Hub · Christine Van Geyn ·
The Supreme Court should find Trudeau’s 2022 use of the Emergencies Act unconstitutional
Read original ↗National Post Opinion · Scott Stinson ·
Scott Stinson: Olivia Chow cruised to a mayoral victory by promising not to break stuff — or fix it
Read original ↗Vancouver Sun Opinion · Stewart Prest ·
Opinion: David Eby’s early election call backfired badly
Read original ↗Vancouver Sun Opinion · Vaughn Palmer ·
Vaughn Palmer: Lorne Doerkson pledges independent review of B.C.'s finances on Day 1
Read original ↗The Hub · The Hub Staff ·
Lines that landed: Question Period for October 26
Read original ↗rabble.ca · Linda McQuaig ·
Attacks on Avi Lewis are getting dangerous
Read original ↗Policy Magazine · Si Thu Naing ·
The Blueberry Coalition: British Columbia’s New Political Hue
Read original ↗Macdonald-Laurier Institute · Skander Belouizdad ·
The bond market is back. Ottawa should listen: Hendrik Brakel for Inside Policy
Read original ↗The Conversation Canada · Caitlin Mahy, Professor, Department of Psychology, Brock University ·
Are you dressed yet? How parents can build child-friendly routines that kids can follow
Read original ↗Policy Magazine · Krenare Recaj ·
Serbia’s Election Upset: Relief, Optimism, and Above All, Caution
Read original ↗The Conversation Canada · Jen Kostuchuk, PhD Candidate, Sociology, University of Victoria ·
Tree-hugging optional: What today’s green tradespeople actually care about
Read original ↗The Hub · Colin Craig ·
Bipartisan efforts improved education in England. Canadian students need their politicians to do the same
A perspective on education reform and what Canadian policymakers could learn.
Read original ↗ Policy Options · Baya Amouri ·
Why the Parti Québécois can’t limit asylum seekers in Quebec
An examination of where Quebec’s authority ends and federal asylum law begins.
Read original ↗ The Hub · Kirk LaPointe ·
Why David Eby lost and the B.C. Conservatives won
A post-election argument about the strategy and choices behind the result.
Read original ↗ INDEPENDENT POLITICAL WRITERS
Canadian Politics on Substack
Analysis and commentary from independent writers on Canadian politics.
The Line · The Line editors ·
Dispatch from the Front Lines: Normal Conservative wins in British Columbia
Independent political commentary on the B.C. election and national debates.
Read original ↗ The Writ · Éric Grenier ·
Conservative landslide in B.C.
An election analyst breaks down where votes shifted in British Columbia.
Read original ↗ Bruce Anderson on Substack · Bruce Anderson ·
Time to call it what it is: separatists are promising to work with Trump and betray the rest of us.
A columnist argues that proposed separatist alliances warrant scrutiny.
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