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Canadians at odds with their government on Israel | Feb 17 2017 | Murray Dobbin | Pro-Israeli government policy is built on a foundation of untested assumptions about Canadian attitudes. A new EKOS poll reveals this to be convenient but quite false.

What happened to liberal politicians? Sadly, they got smart. | Feb 17 2017 | Rick Salutin | Smartness has subtly insinuated itself everywhere -- except, apparently, among voters. Smart won't ever replace fair; that's just stupid.

Liberals' pension reforms fall woefully short for Canadian workers | Feb 17 2017 | Doug Macpherson, Retiree Matters | While changes to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) recently adopted by the current federal Liberal government offer some improvement, they do not go far enough.

Canada's Conservative Party, a once-great national organization, is being overwhelmed by its own extremists | Feb 17 2017 | David J. Climenhaga | Alberta voters are likely to have an opportunity soon to demonstrate whether or not they’ve been paying attention. After all, anything can happen in a by-election!

The West has been ripping off Africa for 700 years. Not the other way around | Feb 17 2017 | Gerry Caplan | The Trudeau government is looking for a new Africa strategy. Surely telling the truth about who is ripping off whom would be a very constructive way to begin.

Trudeau's pro-Israel stance offside with Canadians -- and hampers bid for UN seat | Feb 16 2017 | Linda McQuaig | While Trudeau's persona of a progressive internationalist has won him kudos at home and abroad, his staunch support for Israel at the UN has left Canada significantly offside with public opinion.

Appalled maybe, but no one should be surprised by the ugly threats against Rachel Notley | Feb 15 2017 | David J. Climenhaga | Rachel Notley reacts to threats with remarkable aplomb as many of the people who contribute to this problem shrug their shoulders and say, "Who? Me?"

Trudeau prepares to cede Canadian sovereignty to U.S. border officials | Feb 15 2017 | J. Baglow | By conceding Canadian sovereignty to American border officials, the Trudeau government has crossed a bridge.

Calling Trudeau a 'terrorist' isn't as far off as you might think | Feb 15 2017 | Yves Engler | A Black Lives Matter - Toronto spokesperson recently called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a "white supremacist terrorist." "White Supremacist," sure -- but what about "terrorist"?

Justin Trudeau and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

What are the chances feminist Trudeau will provide Canadians with a national gender equality plan? | Feb 15 2017 | Doreen Nicoll | Justin Trudeau, self-proclaimed feminist, is looking more misogynous with each passing day.

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Leduc No. 1 and Alberta's unluckiest lucky day | Feb 14 2017 | David J. Climenhaga | Maybe higher oil prices will be back soon, but the realities of the market, and the realities of the biosphere, won't be changed by the ideology of capitalism.

Portrait unveiling stands in for the fond official farewell former premier Dave Hancock never had from his PCs | Feb 14 2017 | David J. Climenhaga | When by-then-premier Jim Prentice appointed a new cabinet in the fall of 2014, Dave Hancock was out, with barely a word of thanks.

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