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Matt Gurney: 'We will never fucking trust you again'
Some blunt talk for our American neighbours at the Halifax International Security Forum.
 • Matt Gurney
Michelle Rempel Garner: I went to Davos. The World Economic Forum is not running Canada
The WEF portrays itself as a highly influential elite organization. In reality, it's an overpriced sales conference.
Jen Gerson: Trudeau is right to show utter contempt for his weak caucus
Why would he quit? We all get the leadership we deserve, and as far as I'm concerned, the Liberals have exactly the right man for them.
 • Jen Gerson
Matt Gurney: Stay scared shitless, Canada
Let's borrow a strategy from JFK to deal with Trump: Ignore the new reprieve. Accept the earlier threat.
 • Matt Gurney
Matt Gurney: The Johnston report is one of the most depressing things I've ever read
Most of the commentary over the special rapporteur’s report is going to miss the plain, simple truth he reveals: we are just totally, epically boned
 • Matt Gurney
Jen Gerson: The Conservative case for the CBC
The CBC needs a radical overhaul that includes an extensive mandate review. Defunding solves nothing.
 • Jen Gerson
Jen Gerson: You Liberals cannot be serious
Hey, Liberals? Dealing with the Bloc for more time would not serve you. It merely engenders more grievance and resentment by a growing portion of the…
 • Jen Gerson
Clarke Ries: How two Alberta judges shot separatist delusions to death
(And, not for nothing, they probably just wrecked Quebec separatism, too.)
 • Line Editor
Matt Gurney: What I got wrong about Poilievre
I thought he'd steer the party into oblivion. He's on course to win the biggest majority in my living memory.
 • Matt Gurney
Jen Gerson: The right to disengage from the Omnicause
The purpose of an education can't be to churn out an army of well-intentioned activists, throwing their bodies and minds at every passing injustice.
 • Jen Gerson
Jen Gerson: A few thoughts on leadership
Trigger Warning: This one's gonna be preachy.
 • Jen Gerson
Jen Gerson: A government of children
Losers are always going to act like losers, regardless of how much material success they accrue. Their void isn't in the bank account, but the soul.
 • Jen Gerson
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