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Canada has had 23 PMs. It may be time to start preparing for number 24.
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Inflation is hurting budgets. But cutting back doesn't have to mean cutting out wine
Times are all of a sudden tough and belts are tightening across Canada. But there are still good wines to be found at a reasonable price that are worth looking for.
The media is boycotting Meta and nobody cares
Over the past six weeks the news industry had a chance to prove how much the public values it. It has instead revealed the unsettling truth that most of it is nowhere near as fetching, nor as necessary, as the image it self-servingly sees when it looks in the mirror.
J.J. McCullough on the Conservative convention, the return of Parliament, and Canada’s (North) American identity
This episode of Hub Dialogues features writer and YouTuber J.J. McCullough about the recent Conservative Party convention, the imminent return of Parliament, and what it means for Canada to have a North American identity.
Will the government’s online news law run afoul of free trade deals? It depends who you ask
The U.S. hasn’t raised the issue publicly since last year and, although the United States Embassy in Ottawa has expressed specific concerns about the government’s online streaming bill, it would only say that it was monitoring the impact of the online news legislation.
Who left the barbarians in charge of our books?
Both the Left and the Right are acting like barbarians, destroying our shared past and the reflections of human beings trying to make sense of the world. It has to stop.
Is Canada’s real estate-driven economy dragging down growth?
“The problem with real estate is that it’s a non-producing asset…There’s no continual compounding economic spinoff from that investment, so once it goes into real estate, that money’s gone.”
Canada has two housing crises. One requires more government, the other less
Building more housing units isn’t enough to address everyone’s housing needs. We need governments to do more to help the truly vulnerable, and less that interferes with homebuilders trying to house the middle class.
The fight over liberty is far from over
In exploring the history of libertarian thought, The Individualists provides a model for understanding how political movements can shift with the contexts they’re in and the personalities that drive them.
Conservatives say getting back to the party's roots has helped boost poll numbers
Conservative delegates left the party’s policy convention on the weekend believing they had pulled off a difficult trick: moving the party in a more conservative direction while broadening its appeal to Canadians.
