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Rupa Subramanya
Rupa Subramanya is a writer for The Free Press. She lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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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
The Parents Who Let Their Daughter Die
‘I don’t want my little girl to die,’ Cissy Dekker said about her 19-year-old daughter, Iris. ‘But out of love, I also don’t want this life for her.’
Rupa Subramanya
This Week in Canada: We Want More of America’s Money, Please
A government ruling punishes Netflix, Disney, and Apple; too many of our best and brightest are leaving; the constitutional protections of homeless…
Rupa Subramanya
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.
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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.
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This Week in Canada: Like It or Not, We Still Need the U.S.
Bluster about trade talks won’t change economic reality, nurses need help that they won’t get, and more.
Rupa Subramanya
This Week in Canada: Carney Sweet-Talks Disappearing Investors
The MAID machine goes after its watchdogs, fangirling over the prime minister, the youth unemployment crisis, and more.
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This Week in Canada: So Many Americans Wish They Were Canadian
A surge in citizenship interest from south of the border, King Charles III foils the '51st state,' Canada helps Iran get a win, and more.
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This Week in Canada: Islamic Schools Multiply with Public Funding
More Muslims turn to schools that require the hijab; the expanding definition of hate crimes; a left-wing party trips over its own equity rules; and…
Rupa Subramanya
This Week in Canada: The Teachers’ Union Has an Israel Policy Now
Teachers push to boycott Israel as Jewish students get harassed; a pitch for U.S. doctors who don’t mind low salaries; paying for free speech
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Did You Hurt Someone’s Dignity? In Canada, It Can Cost You.
Tribunals created for discrimination claims now police expression with ruinous financial penalties. ‘It makes people wonder whether they can say…
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