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Peter Menzies: Government surrenders to Google
In the short term, this is very good news. The bad news is that $100 million won't save journalism.
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Brian Henry: When the NDP sounds like the Ayatollah
I would implore our federal New Democrats and their leader to look, for a moment, at some of their fellow travellers.
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Jen Gerson: How paltry the return
Why should Canada pursue a policy of "pragmatic diplomacy"? How does re-hashing failed policies from the '70s serve us?
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Jen Gerson
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Dispatch from the Ottawa Front: Sloly is telling you all he's in trouble. Who's listening?
 • Matt Gurney
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Michelle Rempel Garner: I went to Davos. The World Economic Forum is not running Canada
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Matt Gurney: The Johnston report is one of the most depressing things I've ever read
 • Matt Gurney
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Kevin Newman: Kabul shows the unflattering truth: Canada is slow, risk-averse and selfish
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Jen Gerson: This is a real mask-off moment for the left, eh?
 • Jen Gerson
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Dispatch from the Front Line: Vive les rues libres de Montreal!
Media and the Conservatives are fighting in the car again; more cash for journalism will fix it! And Montreal on the verge of revolt.
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The Line Podcast: All Politicians Are Killing Journalism
Killing us with scorn and killing us with kindness. We're dead either way. Lots more uplifting content in this episode, too!
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Matt Gurney
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Jen Gerson
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Andrew Potter: If the ROC can't bother, why should Quebec?
There aren't a lot genuinely pan-Canadian institutions. The CFL should be one of them, and the absence of French signage at the Grey Cup is a massive…
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Andrew Potter
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Laurent Carbonneau: Canada has economic problems. AI can help
Compared to peer countries, Canadians are working a lot to earn modest incomes, even accounting for services like health care and education.
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Dispatch from the Front Line: Are ordinary Jewish people fair targets for Palestinian resistance, or not?
Advice for the PM. Hard truths about urban fighting. And long-live our plastic bin liner!
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The Line Podcast: We really wish we were still talking about the carbon tax
But all we've got is war, accusations of genocide and legitimate concerns about domestic terrorism. Great.
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Matt Gurney
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Jen Gerson
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Kristin Raworth and Ariella Kimmel: Believing almost all women
Hamas has used rape as a weapon of war; why are so many so-called feminists denying it?
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