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This Week in Canada: Why a Social Media Ban Isn’t the Answer
Carney’s latest attack on the technology industry might feel good, but it won’t solve the online problems that actually hurt teenagers.
Rupa Subramanya
Are the Wildfires Really Canada’s Fault?
It’s easy to blame Canada for the smoke choking the U.S. The real problem, one expert says, is that ‘there’s not enough water and air transport to put…
Rafaela Siewert
This Week in Canada: Trump Gets a Piece of Our New Bridge
Painful reminders of how much Canada’s economy depends on the U.S.; Air Canada finally lands a CEO who can speak French; and more.
Rupa Subramanya
This Week in Canada: A Controversial Call to Prayer
Religious freedom is tested by a mosque’s loudspeakers, our multicultural calendar is full, paying ‘lip service’ to DEI, and more.
Rupa Subramanya
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: What the Montreal Shooter Believed
Political violence today is often fed by ideas from well-established anti-Western institutions, especially radical academia.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Why Is the Media Ignoring the Montreal Shooter’s Antisemitism?
The suspect in a deadly shooting in Canada left behind a manifesto with explicit antisemitic themes. But you wouldn’t know it from much of the coverage…
Casey Babb
This Week in Canada: Reporting for Boyfriend Duty with Katy Perry
Justin Trudeau chooses his girlfriend over his country at the World Cup, the ‘new world order’ arrives in Ireland, and more.
Rupa Subramanya
This Week in Canada: Why Is Antisemitism Surging All Around Us?
Demographic and ideological shifts have enabled anti-Israel activism to spread faster, acquire moral legitimacy, and blur into hostility. Also, Ask Me…
Rupa Subramanya
This Week in Canada: Make North America Great Again
The prime minister tries a new sales pitch; why it took five years to tell the truth about mass graves of indigenous children; our recession-proof…
Rupa Subramanya
What People Who Choose Assisted Death Actually Say
Rupa Subramanya spent years interviewing Canadians before their assisted deaths. What she found in Canada’s medical assistance in dying program should…
Coleman Hughes
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This Week in Canada: Your Anti-Racism Is Not Anti-Racist Enough
Guess why a white male professor didn’t get the job, the Trump administration wants our guy’s Gmail accounts, and more.
Rupa Subramanya
This Week in Canada: A Scandal in Alberta’s Separatist Movement
Freeing the oil-rich province from Canada just got more complicated, Carney is the king of cowboy country, and more.
Rupa Subramanya
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