#The entitlement of Canadian politicians

#The entitlement of Canadian politicians

“#The entitlement of Canadian politicians” Pam Palmater: Privileged politicians who took pandemic vacations need to lose more than their official roles as ministers or critics. It is time to take a stand. It is time to clean house in Canada. While our political houses were never in good shape, this pandemic has shone a light…

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#Five things that likely won’t happen in 2021

#Five things that likely won’t happen in 2021

“#Five things that likely won’t happen in 2021” The past year has proven that you never know what’s coming. But these things, you can probably rule out… 1. Trudeau rides the waves After losing a snap election, Justin Trudeau turns down a job at the United Nations to pursue his true passion in Tofino, B.C….

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#2021 is going to look very, very similar to 2020

#2021 is going to look very, very similar to 2020

“#2021 is going to look very, very similar to 2020” Scott Gilmore: The pandemic isn’t suddenly going away, Trump will still be around and the decline of American democracy will continue. Happy New Year! My favourite poet is T.S. Eliot, mostly because I never took second-year English and he was about as far as I…

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#A party gone mad – Macleans.ca

#A party gone mad – Macleans.ca

“#A party gone mad – Macleans.ca” Adnan R. Khan: Federal politics appears to be rebalancing after Trump’s loss. But at the ground level, things look much bleaker for American democracy. For Alicia Abbott, Joe Biden’s victory in the Nov. 3 presidential election was bittersweet. The 36-year old Idaho native and Democratic organizer had devoted herself…

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#Cigars lose their mojo in 2021

#Cigars lose their mojo in 2021

“#Cigars lose their mojo in 2021” The familiar sea of colourful boxes and classy cigar bands will end. In its place: the same federally mandated plain packaging that applies to cigarettes. Cigar stores have long overwhelmed the senses with pungent aromas. But a new sensation—a visual one—will overtake walk-in humidors and emporiums in 2021: drabness….

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#Let’s not ‘cancel’ Baby Yoda

#Let’s not ‘cancel’ Baby Yoda

“#Let’s not ‘cancel’ Baby Yoda” Marie-Danielle Smith: ‘You see, in the before times, we were able to extend the benefit of the doubt to a 16-inch-tall animatronic baby.’ There it is. The sad, diminutive cherry on top of the dumpster fire that has been this miserable year. Cancel culture has come for Baby Yoda. American…

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#Disney+ in January 2021: What’s new this month

#Disney+ in January 2021: What’s new this month

“#Disney+ in January 2021: What’s new this month” Fiction Series WandaVision (episodes 1-3) Now that the Baby Yoda Show is on hiatus, it’s time for another Disney-owned brand to step up to the plate. The first new Marvel Cinematic Universe content in the pandemic era is also the first of many limited series that MCU…

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#Netflix Canada in January 2021

#Netflix Canada in January 2021

“#Netflix Canada in January 2021” What You Should Watch History of Swear Words (January 2): Nicolas Cage comes to Netflix in a typically quirky way, as the host of a six-part documentary series about the origins and history of six words, only one of which—“Damn”—we can print in a family publication. Guests include both academic…

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