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Corruption in Plain Sight: The Doug Ford Record

The corruption was never hidden. It was just never assembled — until now.

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Same Playbook. Different Flag.

The tactics crossed the border first. The question is whether the consequences will follow.

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The Fiscal Double Standard: Trudeau, Harper, and the Crisis They Don't Want You to Compare

Same Crisis. Different Verdict.

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Governing Through the Storm: What Mark Carney Is Actually Dealing With

Pierre Poilievre wants to cap the spending. Here is what the spending is for.

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The US Is Losing Its Democracy to Corporations and Criminals

This Is Not a Political Opinion. It Is a Documented Pattern.

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The Party That Hollowed Itself Out: The NDP's Collapse and What Comes Next

Jagmeet Singh never got a fair hearing. The party paid for it. Now it has to decide what it stands for.

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Showing Up to the Table They Want to Leave: The Bloc Québécois and the Question Nobody Asks Loudly Enough

Québec's voice in Ottawa is legitimate. The Bloc's role in national debates is not.

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The Leaders Canada Left on the Table: Wab Kinew and the Strength This Country Has Yet to Fully Welcome

He became Canada's first First Nations premier despite everything this country put in his way. Imagine what comes next — if we actually invite it.

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It's Not a Blank Cheque: What Americans Get Wrong About the Right to Self-Defence

The law gives you the right to stop a threat. It does not give you the right to finish one.

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