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Mark Johnson

By Mark Johnson

Young enough to have a Spotify playlist but old enough to have recorded songs onto cassettes, Mark Johnson is a lawyer who ran for the Conservatives in Toronto in the 2021 federal election.

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Moms Stop the Harm advocates and supporters gather at Centennial Square on the sixth anniversary to mark the public health emergency of the declaration due to the significant increase in opioid-related overdose across the province during the Cut The Red Tape theme in Victoria, Thursday, April 14, 2022. Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press.
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Let’s face it. Harm reduction has failed

Canada’s harm reduction strategy to battle drug overdoses is a failure. Casualties continue to climb. The enemy is winning. It’s getting worse and there’s no end in sight.

By Mark Johnson - Posted on June 14, 2022
FILE - In this June 27, 2019, file photo, The U.S. President Donald Trump's Twitter feed is shown on a computer, in New York. Jenny Kane/AP Photo.
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Politicians need to kick their social media habit

In its early days, social media was a revolutionary tool to connect, persuade, and mobilize supporters. Now cranky, crude, and toxic, social media has become a scourge on Canada’s political class.

By Mark Johnson - Posted on May 16, 2022
People in the chamber and galleries of the House of Commons rise to their feet as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, not shown, prepares to deliver an address to Parliament via videoconference, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press.
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Canada has too many MPs

If we are sincere about reducing the size and cost of government, then let’s start at the top with the number of politicians.

By Mark Johnson - Posted on April 7, 2022
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