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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: There Are No Winners in a Trade War
You could be forgiven for concluding that we are being tariffed into oblivion by a vengeful Trump administration that has it in for Canada. The reality…
Rupa Subramanya
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
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
This Week in Canada: MAID Hits a Mental-Illness Snag
Free speech officially collides with hate speech, a stink at the Calgary Stampede, trees have rights too, and more.
Rupa Subramanya
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
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.
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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