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The Chilling Future of Oil in the Arctic
In resource-rich countries, achieving substantive environmental reform can be incompatible with the potential profits of oil and natural...
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Mar 31, 20235 min read


Why Canada’s Freedom Convoy Should Be a Warning to the Country
Almost no one, least of all Canadians, expected that something like this could happen in our country. A year ago, I packed up my...
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Mar 15, 20227 min read


Reserving Water for Reserves
How Canada can end long-term water advisories for First Nations communities This morning, I woke up feeling quite thirsty. “Well,” I...
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Jan 22, 20225 min read


Not So Nice: Why Canada’s Environmental Racism Crisis is Cause for Reconsidering its National Identi
If the first thing you see when you picture Canada is a lush, progressive, free healthcare utopia, you would not be alone. The country’s...
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Nov 1, 20216 min read


Canada: A Democracy in Decline?
Although Canada’s recent federal election was anticlimactic, it demonstrated the ways that Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system...
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Oct 28, 20214 min read


Keystone XL, the Commons, and Energy Independence
Among the flurry of executive orders signed by Joe Biden on his first day as President was the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline,...
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Mar 15, 20214 min read


Stuck in the Middle Without UBI: The Canadian political system’s barriers to creating change
Canadian politics have been weird lately. Always overshadowed by the circus to the south, Canadian politics tend to be tame, even boring....
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Jan 8, 20214 min read


Controlling the Narrative: Industry-Led Misinformation in the Great Health Care Debate
Over the summer, former Cigna executive Wendell Potter made headlines for exposing the misinformation campaigns that corporate health...
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Dec 15, 20205 min read


Defending the Land
Before dawn on February 6, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in the western Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) raided the...
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May 29, 20205 min read


The U.S. – Canada Northwest Passage Dispute
Canada and the United States enjoy a peaceful coexistence – as allies and trading partners, they tend to cooperate on most important...
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Apr 8, 20204 min read


Phoque Phorde (Fuck Ford) and the Politics of Canadian Bilingualism
“Phoque Phorde,” scrawled in green and white ink on protest placards, is a French phonetical spelling of the words “Fuck Ford,” and the...
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Apr 5, 20195 min read


A New ‘Yellow Peril’
On August 15, 2018, the New Zealand parliament passed an unprecedented law barring most foreign buyers from purchasing homes, fulfilling...
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Oct 10, 20185 min read


The Jungian YouTuber: Jordan Peterson’s Political Ascendency
Riding the ever-surging wave of alt-right sentiment in recent years, right wing political commentators have effectively monopolized the...
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Jun 24, 20184 min read


The Physician Gap: How we can encourage US physicians-in-training to choose primary care
The US healthcare system is a terrible value proposition. Compared to peer nations like France, Germany, and South Korea in the...
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Nov 3, 20177 min read


Bitumen Blues: How Tar Sands Are Challenging Leadership and Morals in Canada
“Sunny ways” has been Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s post-election mantra since he assumed the office in 2015. But his...
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Apr 18, 20175 min read


CETA: A Trade Deal’s Success in the Face of Populism
On October 30, as the leaders of the European Union and Canada met to sign the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA),...
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Dec 6, 20166 min read


More than a Pretty Face: Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Vision for Canada
For Justin Trudeau, head of Canada’s Liberal Party and newly elected Prime Minister, it’s been a good first five months in office. After...
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Apr 22, 20165 min read


The Niqab: The Unexpected Determinant in Canada’s Federal Election
On October 19th, Canada found itself at a familiar political junction. Millions of citizens descended upon the polls to vote in the...
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Oct 28, 20156 min read
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