By Marco Navarro-Génie The announced federal government subsidy for “trusted” media outlets risks undermining provincial jurisdictions. The federal lathering of a $595-million subsidy on “trusted”…
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By Ted Alcuitas in Vancouver, BC The garbage talk that has dominated headlines in the past weeks is beginning to be a political circus. Nobody…
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By April Lingdren in Toronto, ON Resignation and outrage colour veteran journalist Mary-Ann Barr’s voice as she reflects on the Red Deer Advocate and its coverage of the…
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By Ashley Deng-Yu Chen in Ottawa, ON With 2019 marking the forty-year anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act, and Canada’s increasing interest in cross-strait issues,…
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By Devanshu Narang in Toronto, ON Time to stop sugar-coating and say it as it is. White privilege. White power. White preposterousness. They exist. Period.…
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View More Wanted—the First Non-white Mayor of VancouverBy: Jagdeesh Mann in Vancouver, BC Nearly 70 years since South Asians won the right to vote in Canada, Jagmeet Singh has become the first non-white leader…
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Commentary by: Paul Adams in Ottawa Jagmeet Singh does not yet have a seat in the House of Commons. So when the new NDP leader…
View More Jagmeet Singh and the Media’s Race ProblemCommentary by Jagdeesh Mann in Vancouver Anyone who has travelled to subcontinent knows it is not always such a salubrious destination. Incredible India, as the…
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by BJ Siekierski in Saskatoon Conservative MP Kellie Leitch proclaimed her “common interests” with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the party’s first leadership debate Wednesday night,…
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