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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: 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
Rupa Subramanya
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…
Rupa Subramanya
This Week in Canada: Death Is a High-Volume Business
‘Exceptionally proficient’ at MAID; booze sales lose out to marijuana; terrifying synagogue attacks; and more.
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Death in One Day: Inside Canada’s Assisted-Suicide Machine
‘Hastening death becomes the path of least resistance,’ says a medical ethicist as Canada nears 110,000 MAID deaths.
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This Week in Canada: War Fires Up Carney’s Allegiance to America
No more pivot toward China, at least for now; after eight years in the waiting room, the doctor will see me now; and more.
Rupa Subramanya
This Week in Canada: The Good Guys Don’t Always Win
You won a hockey game, dear Southern neighbors, not World War III.
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On the Farm, Trump’s Tariffs Are Still Causing Misery
A fifth-generation farmer says the Supreme Court ruling can’t fix the damage caused by the president’s trade policy.
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This Week in Canada: The Tragedy of Tumbler Ridge
We still don’t know what turned an 18-year-old into a killer; U.S. lawmakers take Canada’s side on tariffs; remembering the ‘Shawinigan Handshake’; and…
Rupa Subramanya
Canada and the U.S. Now Have Something Horrific in Common
The rampage in British Columbia destroyed the comfort long clung to by Canadians that school shootings are America’s problem.
Rupa Subramanya
This Week in Canada: If You Believe That, I Have a Bridge Named After Gordie Howe to Sell You
Donald Trump demands ‘kindness and respect’; Chinese-made electric vehicles are here to stay; and more.
Rupa Subramanya
This Week in Canada: Carney Wins Because We Have So Much to Lose
His declaration in Davos that the old world order is breaking down will likely boost the prime minister’s political strength at home.
Rupa Subramanya
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