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

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

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

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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Canada should retaliate against Biden's wrong-headed decision to cancel Keystone. Here's how: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post

We could pursue policies that impact a critical U.S. export to Canada: digital services writes Jack Mintz in the Financial Post. Below is...

 

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Use COVID pause to reconsider drug-price regulation: Nigel Rawson and John Adams in the Financial Post

Canadians need Ottawa to work with the pharmaceutical industry, clinicians and patients to improve access to new medicines and vaccines, write Nigel Rawson...

 

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Assessing the Trump administration's record on Taiwan: New commentary by J. Michael Cole

  OTTAWA, ON (January 19, 2021): With the US presidency about the change hands, many around the world wonder what changes the incoming...

 

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EP. 57 - The Future of Brexit with Blair Gibbs and Shuvaloy Majumdar

Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Pod Bless Canada · The Future of Brexit with Blair Gibbs and Shuvaloy Majumdar In the latest episode of Pod Bless...

 

January 19, 2021 at 3:37 pm read more

Blackness test for Ottawa grants a throwback to colonialism: Jamil Jivani in the National Post

Having government officials measure “Blackness” feels like a throwback to colonialism. The dehumanizing act of questioning a Black person’s Blackness remains far too...

 

January 18, 2021 at 8:30 pm read more

US overcompensating for storming of Capitol with inauguration security: Leuprecht

The huge security rollout in Washington, DC, ahead of the presidential inauguration on January 20 is because there is not a good grasp...

 

January 18, 2021 at 5:29 pm read more

We thought China could become more democratic. Instead, it is becoming totalitarian: Margaret McCuaig-Johnston in the Ottawa Citizen

It was once thought economic reform would bring liberalization and some democratic attributes. But Xi Jinping has doubled down on repression and state...

 

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    We could pursue policies that impact a critical U.S. export to Canada: digital services writes Jack Mintz in the Financial Post. Below is...

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