#Three new books to read this fall

#Three new books to read this fall

“#Three new books to read this fall” Must-read fiction and non-fiction picks to sink your teeth into (Courtesy of HarperCollins Canada) Return: Why We Go Back to Where We Come From By Kamal Al-Solaylee (HarperCollins, Sept. 7) In a world awash with migrants, many are looking not forward but back, to homes, families and languages…

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#Annamie Paul finally has something to smile about

#Annamie Paul finally has something to smile about

“#Annamie Paul finally has something to smile about” Election Image of the Day: Will positive results in a key internal party vote allow the Green Party leader to shake the blues? Annamie Paul hasn’t enjoyed many wins lately. Back in May, conflict between Israel and Hamas spiralled into a watershed moment for the federal Greens:…

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#Boots on the ground in Afghanistan

#Boots on the ground in Afghanistan

“#Boots on the ground in Afghanistan” Politics Insider for Aug. 20: Canadian troops coordinate with the U.S. to help Canadians and Afghans get out, Trudeau promises help for long-term care, and a reprieve for Annamie Paul Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered straight to your inbox in the morning. …

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#Election 2021: Change is on the menu. Will we order it?

#Election 2021: Change is on the menu. Will we order it?

“#Election 2021: Change is on the menu. Will we order it?” Bruce Anderson is chairman of Abacus Data and Summa Communications and a partner in Spark Advocacy If you had to describe—in one word—U.S. national elections today, you could do worse than settle on chaos. Efforts to limit voting rights, redrawing boundaries for political ends,…

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#The Conservatives’ murky position on ‘conscience rights’ in health care

#The Conservatives’ murky position on ‘conscience rights’ in health care

“#The Conservatives’ murky position on ‘conscience rights’ in health care” Justin Ling: The Tory platform says the party will protect conscience rights in health care, but won’t say whether that might restrict access to abortion or deny care to trans people Erin O’Toole’s Conservatives won’t say whether their plan to extend ‘conscience rights’ to doctors,…

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#338Canada: The Liberals cannot afford voter apathy

#338Canada: The Liberals cannot afford voter apathy

“#338Canada: The Liberals cannot afford voter apathy” Philippe J. Fournier: A new Abacus survey points to growing pessimism with the government. It is not a reassuring sign for Justin Trudeau and his team. Dissatisfaction with the federal government is on the rise, according to the newest poll from Abacus Data, which was on the field…

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#Erin O’Toole’s Grade 8 vision: become PM

#Erin O’Toole’s Grade 8 vision: become PM

“#Erin O’Toole’s Grade 8 vision: become PM” Way back in grade school, in Port Perry, Ont., the now Tory leader penned his likely ‘fate’ in his class year book: “Prime Minister” I hesitate to say the word “yearbook” out loud in the middle of a Canadian federal election but bear with me: this is the…

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#Trudeau downplays inflation and O’Toole’s Quebec pitch

#Trudeau downplays inflation and O’Toole’s Quebec pitch

“#Trudeau downplays inflation and O’Toole’s Quebec pitch” Politics Insider for Aug. 19: The battle over vaccine policy, horror in Kabul, and a sketchy Ontario PC fundraising letter Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered straight to your inbox in the morning.  Justin Trudeau seemed to downplay the importance of inflation in…

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