Northern Reflections: Ed Broadbent

Ed Broadbent died last week, Robin Sears writes: That an unassuming working-class boy from Oshawa grew into a pivotal figure in Canadian life and an international statesman is a testament to Ed Broadbent’s skill and determination, but also to Canada. Ed was an unlikely, beloved Canadian political leader. Trained as

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Northern Reflections: A Wider War

  Things are spinning out of control in the Middle East. Michael Harris writes: Events unfolding in the Middle East are showing just how right Canada was to call for a ceasefire in the atrocious Gaza War. The nightmare scenario—an all-out regional conflict involving Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and potentially

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Northern Reflections: He’s Here

Everything that develops in the United states eventually crosses our border. So it is that we now have our own version of Donald Trump. Max Fawcett writes: It’s not surprising then, that nearly a decade after Donald Trump’s entry into public life, we now have a Canadian Conservative leader who

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Northern Reflections: A Blood Feud

Not since the days of Lester Pearson and John Diefenbaker has there been so much animosity between the leaders of the Liberal and the Conservative Parties. Susan Delacourt writes: To state the obvious, they really don’t like each other. Poilievre follows what he believes to be a winning formula, laying

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Northern Reflections: Getting Nastier

As Conservatives rise in the polls, their nasty streak gets wider. Susan Delacourt writes: The fierce polarization between the governing Liberals and opposition Conservatives has put Canada’s support for Ukraine in the crosshairs — puzzlingly so, since Conservatives have not until lately shown any sign of wavering on that all-party

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Northern Reflections: Perfectly Clear

Donald Trump announced this week that, when he’s re-elected, he’ll kill Obamacare. He tried that once — and he almost succeeded. Why is Trump obsessed with Obamacare? Paul Krugman writes: Much of it, no doubt, reflects the general hostility of the modern Republican Party to any program that helps less

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