This Is What An Actual Functioning Democracy Looks Like
America’s darling cousin to the north faces an absolutely precious governance problem. On Thursday, Canadian Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin complained in a speech to the Canadian Bar Association that...
View ArticleJustin Trudeau isn’t the immigration savior you’re looking for
When Donald Trump instituted his Muslim ban just one week into his presidency, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seemingly had the perfect response. On Twitter, he declared that refugees were...
View ArticleHere’s what you need to know about the Paradise Papers revelations
Heads of state, multinational businesses, politicians, and celebrities have moved trillions of dollars through off-shore tax havens, hiding their money and investing it without any sort of regulation,...
View ArticleTrump doesn’t just know he’s a liar — he’s proud of it
The pantheon of deceit that President Donald Trump has constructed in his brief civic career is vast, and the regularity of his mendacity has the preciseness of a Swiss watch. What’s more, he exults in...
View ArticleCanada poised to legalize marijuana by the end of the week
Canada is set to become the first G20 country to legalize marijuana in a piece of sweeping legislation that could see weed legal by the weekend. During the 2015 election, Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party...
View ArticleTrump adviser says there’s a ‘special place in hell’ for Canadian leader
President Donald Trump’s chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow and his trade adviser Peter Navarro blasted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday for “betraying” the United States and engaging...
View ArticleCanada responds to Trump with bruising tariffs of its own
President Trump last month slapped punishing new tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. On Sunday, Ottawa answered back with tariffs of its own. Canada retaliated with some $12.5 billion in new duties...
View ArticleHundreds of migrants who crossed US border into Canada have been deported
Hundreds of migrants who crossed the US border seeking refuge in Canada in the year-and-a-half since Donald Trump became president have been deported, Ottawa’s border security minister said on Sunday....
View ArticleTrump buried a wildly anti-LGBTQ provision in the new North American trade deal
The Trump administration seems to have edited out LGBTQ protections in the new North American trade agreement with Canada and Mexico (known as the USMCA). The change, an apparent gesture to a group of...
View ArticleWhy Trump should be worried about Vancouver’s new crackdown on money laundering
VANCOUVER, CANADA — In the lobby of the Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver, a scattering of glass cases house all kinds of trinkets and gifts for guests to see — and, if they’re so...
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