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My friend the hillbilly: Jamil Jivani in the National Post

J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy, taught me that some of his experiences in Appalachia weren't that different from my own, writes Jamil...

 

November 26, 2020 at 3:35 pm read more

Woke Jiu-Jitsu that turns Blacks into white supremacists will doom the Dems: Kaveh Shahrooz for The Line

The left will fail if it sees a Biden victory as a success. Woke ideology, embraced not by Biden but by his party,...

 

November 6, 2020 at 9:27 pm read more

The common – and elusive – humanity of wearing a mask: Peter Menzies in Troy Media

It’s a principle and an understanding that life is not just about individual, but also collective, rights and the balance between them, writes...

 

November 6, 2020 at 4:57 pm read more

The dark and sombre shadows of the Atlantic fishery conflict: Ken Coates in the Hill Times

This conflict has quickly become about much more than a treaty dispute and is now an example of how improving Indigenous legal rights...

 

November 4, 2020 at 9:28 pm read more

Justin Trudeau just doesn't get liberalism: Kaveh Shahrooz in the National Post

Contrary to what Trudeau seems to believe, our free speech laws are drafted not to prevent hurt feelings, or impose respect. They exist...

 

November 3, 2020 at 2:31 pm read more

Addressing the crisis of distrust in police: Jamil Jivani in the National Post

Police reform doesn’t require emboldening reckless wannabe revolutionaries. Serious, realistic recommendations are available for anyone who wants to increase accountability and transparency, writes...

 

November 2, 2020 at 3:51 pm read more

A Scalable Halloween Strategy: William Watson in the Financial Post

People have to make their own benefit-cost, risk-reward calculations and most people are clearly going about it intelligently and creatively, writes William Watson...

 

October 29, 2020 at 4:01 pm read more

Wokeness - the new religion of the left: Jamil Jivani in the National Post

We should be skeptical of the narratives given to us by elitists who clearly want us to worship at altars of their own...

 

October 26, 2020 at 1:48 pm read more

COVID-19 perfectly illustrates progressives’ ambition to remake our society: Brian Lee Crowley in the Globe and Mail

The circumstances we now face thanks to COVID-19 have laid bare the ambitions that progressives harbour, ambitions that would see them as the...

 

September 21, 2020 at 8:02 pm read more

The separatist impulse — in Canada and abroad: Jack Mintz in the National Post

Canada’s encounters with Alberta or Western separatism reflect several truisms that can be learned from elsewhere, writes Jack Mintz in the National Post....

 

September 21, 2020 at 3:13 pm read more
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  • Connecting After COVID: How Canada and its allies can partner on infrastructure and trade in the Indo-Pacific

    January 27, 2021 at 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EST

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  • Local Reaction to an Inauguration like no other: Elliot Tepper on CTV News

    Elliot Tepper, Foreign Affairs, In the Media, Latest News, Multimedia, Recent News

     MLI research advisory board member Elliot Tepper joined CTV News to discuss the inauguration of Joe Biden. "I think it will be...

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  • Build health care back better: Philip Cross in the Financial Post

    Columns, COVID-19, Health, In the Media, Latest News, Philip Cross, Recent News

    Patient care and not phoney bureaucratic metrics or political grandstanding about equality has to be the focus for everyone, writes Philip Cross in...

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  • The Liberals went hostile against Big Pharma. Now we’re facing vaccine shortages: Tasha Kheiriddin in the National Post

    Columns, COVID-19, Health, In the Media, Latest News, Recent News

    Europeans will wait just one week for their Pfizer shipments to return to normal levels, while Canadians will wait for four weeks, writes...

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  • New legislative proposal to combat global hostage-taking

    Foreign Affairs, Justice, Justice - papers, Latest News, Papers, Press Releases, Recent News, Sarah Teich, Security and defence - papers

    OTTAWA, ON (January 21, 2021): Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have languished as hostages in China’s brutal prisons for over two years. And...

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  • The yellow badge of Canadian courage: William Watson in the Financial Post

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    For Canadian politicians no profiles in courage are involved in slamming the departing bully Trump. What’s in play instead are easy political points,...

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Local Reaction to an Inauguration like no other: Elliot Tepper on CTV News

 MLI research advisory board member Elliot Tepper joined CTV News to discuss the inauguration of Joe Biden. "I think it will be...

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