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  • Is this a ‘Liberal problem or a Trudeau problem’?: David Frum on the potential political fallout from the election interference story
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    Howard Anglin
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‘It’s not market failures as much as government failures’: Pro-market conservatives make their case to workers

Now, as the post-pandemic economy roars to the extent that inflation has become a serious problem, some right-of-centre thinkers are yanking the reins on these new market-skeptical ideas.

Stuart Thomson - Posted on January 19, 2023
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks during a press conference at a Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacy in Etobicoke on Jan. 11, 2023.  Tijana Martin/The Canadian Press.
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Ontario looks to private clinics and the ‘B.C. model’ to clear surgical backlog

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he hopes private clinics will bring the province’s surgical backlog to normal levels in a matter of months and promised on Monday that the expanded capacity at for-profit clinics is here to stay.

Geoff Russ - Posted on January 17, 2023
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard look on as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to a question on October 3, 2017. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press.
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With one remaining Liberal premier, is the party’s brand in trouble?

Some pundits have warned that the decline of provincial Liberal parties is a sign that the whole Liberal brand is declining across Canada, perhaps permanently.

Geoff Russ - Posted on January 13, 2023
The CBC logo is projected onto a screen during the CBC's annual upfront presentation in Toronto on May 29, 2019. Tijana Martin/The Canadian Press.
News Dispatch

Pierre Poilievre wants to defund the CBC. Here’s what that may look like

The first question on the minds of Canadians, and especially those who chanted enthusiastically at these rallies, is whether Poilievre means what he says.

Stuart Thomson - Posted on January 9, 2023
This snowboarding Santa Claus has obviously read the research showing that "experiential" gifts give us more enduring happiness than material ones.  Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press.
News Dispatch

How rational is your holiday gift-giving? Ask these fun-loving economists

The economist Joel Waldfogel wrote in 1993 about the “deadweight loss” inherent to gift-giving. He argues that we don’t know each other well enough to be precise with our gifts.

Stuart Thomson - Posted on December 23, 2022
A man throws fake dollar banknotes at a cryptocurrency event in Madrid, Spain, Saturday Aug. 27, 2022. Paul White/AP Photo.
News Dispatch

Will Canadians’ cryptocurrency love affair continue post-FTX crash?

The FTX crash resulted in massive losses for investors as cryptocurrency values plummeted, resulting in roughly $8 billion in losses for depositors. Will the crash and the arrest of founder Sam Bankman-Fried be the end of that Canadian obsession?

Geoff Russ - Posted on December 21, 2022
Ontario Premier Doug Ford makes a cash donation after delivering food at the Salvation Army food bank on Oct. 9, 2020. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press.
News Dispatch

Two decades of donation data show Canadians are more Scrooge-like than ever

Twenty years worth of tax data show that Canadians are becoming increasingly Scrooge-like when it comes to charitable giving. In 2000, 26 percent of Canadians donated to charity, while only 19 percent opened their wallets in 2020, the most recent year with available data.

Stuart Thomson - Posted on December 20, 2022
A cosplayer walks at the YouTube exhibition stands at the Gamescom computer gaming fair in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. Martin Meissner/AP Photo.
News Dispatch

Content creators pin their hopes on Senate changes to controversial online streaming bill

Bill C-11 is intended to regulate online streaming services alongside traditional broadcast media like cable television, thereby forcing modern streaming giants like YouTube and Netflix to use their algorithms to promote “Canadian stories”. But many creators worry it will threaten their livelihoods in the process.

Geoff Russ - Posted on December 16, 2022
A technician operates an MRI machine at a private clinic in Calgary. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press.
News Dispatch

Ontario’s plan to clear its surgical backlog could be a crisis response, or a roadmap to our health care future

As Ontario reached the two-year mark of the pandemic earlier this year, it secured another grim milestone: the province’s surgical backlog had pushed past a million procedures.

Stuart Thomson - Posted on December 12, 2022
Prime Minster Justin Trudeau delivers remarks next to Charles Sousa at his campaign office,  during a byelection campaign stop in Mississauga, Ont., on, Thursday, December 1, 2022. Tijana Martin/The Canadian Press.
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Poilievre gets his first crack at Trudeau in Mississauga, but it’s no election preview

The Mississauga-Lakeshore byelection takes place on Monday, December 12, 2022. Will it serve as a preview for the next federal election?

Geoff Russ - Posted on December 9, 2022

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