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Flipping the Line: If Canada has no values, what did I adopt when I moved here?
An American-born Canadian takes issue with the latest episode of The Line Podcast.
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On The Line: Should Canada just join America?
Jen Gerson interviews Ross Douthat.
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Joe Varner: A pivot to China would be a disaster for Canada
Beijing won't protect us from foreign threats. Washington might.
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Scott Stinson: Will Trump derail the World Cup?
Probably not, but he might want the final played at Mar-A-Lago.
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Dispatch from the Front Line: What if things aren't going well, here?
Maybe we're sensitive about the Vice President's tweets because we fear he may have a point. At least we're not Ukraine, though...
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The Line Podcast: Canada needs new values, or, really, any values
On religion. On immigration. On health care. And ... fighter jets?
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Matt Gurney: Major Confession Office
The MPO is an admission of dysfunction. It only exists because the rest of the government’s regulatory apparatus is unfit for purpose.
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Anvesh Jain: Canada is almost invisible in D.C. We have to change that, fast
How did we let ourselves become dependent on a U.S.-funded think tank that was erased with the stroke of Trump's pen?
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Ben Woodfinden: The new conservative fight isn't red vs. blue. It's young vs. old
Understanding what’s really happening today means forgetting the battle lines of 2003.
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On The Line: How left and right combined can save our cities
... from themselves. Also: a Canadian war hero you should know about.
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Jen Gerson: Stigma is good, actually
It's a question of what we stigmatize, and why.
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Dispatch from the Front Lines: We all live in a [unmodified] submarine
On two good ideas for the military. On prog nonsense on Nov. 11. On whether or not we are a serious country. And more.
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