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An all-too predictable pattern has emerged in US-Canada relations. US President Donald Trump makes Canada ‘an offer it can’t refuse’. What follows is a national gnashing of teeth, flag-waving, businesses and politicians going patriotic. The Canadian government then caves, lamenting we had ‘no choice’.

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There's always money for the military. But climate?

11/07/25

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Seth Klein

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National Observer

Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a closing press conference following the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Photo by: Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press

July 9, 2025

I have spent the past five years arguing that we need a “wartime” approach to confront the climate crisis. It seems metaphor is not our government’s strong suit – their imagination for a wartime approach is limited to, well, war.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

How Vancouver Is Extra Kind to Land Speculators

10/07/25

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Erick Villagomez

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The Tyee

Bigger and even bigger: Approved transformation of a Commercial Drive hub adds storeys to this 2024 version, and goes far beyond a 2015 citizens’ plan. Artist rendering via Crombie REIT/Westbank Corp.

July 10, 2025

Loosened restraints mean owning and flipping land, not building on it, is the real financial game.

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As Carney Redraws the Political Map, Where Do New Democrats Go?

10/07/25

Author:

Karyn Pugliese

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The Tyee

July 10, 2025

The PM’s spurning of the NDP could generate energy for angered progressive movements.

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NDP Election Debacle Could Bankrupt Party

10/07/25

Author:

Fred DeLorey

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The Hub

July 9, 2025

Why the NDP may be in even bigger trouble than we think

Behind the party’s collapse lies a financial and legal time bomb

Most people think the New Democratic Party’s 2025 election disaster ended on election night. It didn’t. The real fallout is still coming, and it could cripple the party for good.

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Shooting Down Carney’s Faulty NATO Pledge

08/07/25

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Christopher Holcroft

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The Tyee

Why should Canadians pay for more F-35 fighters like this one made by a United States menacing our economy? Photo via Lockheed Martin.

July 8, 2025

The PM vows military spending will zoom. He’s failed to show the need or how we can afford it.

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Trump Tightens Blockade on Cuba, Bans US Tourism

04/07/25

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TeleSur, Orinoco Tribune

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Popular Resistance

July 3, 2025

US President Donald Trump signed a memorandum reinforcing the US blockade on Cuba and banning all US tourism to the island. The move targets Cuba’s economy and aims to isolate the Cuban government.

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From Borneo to Japan to BC, the effects are clear. And the solution is something entirely different.

Documents expose the huge cleanup BC faces for Port Alice and 11 more shut mills. Will new projects also slip off the hook?

‘An Offer You Can’t Refuse’: Trump Sends Canada a Wake-up Call

Loosened restraints mean owning and flipping land, not building on it, is the real financial game.

The PM’s spurning of the NDP could generate energy for angered progressive movements.

Why the NDP may be in even bigger trouble than we think

Behind the party’s collapse lies a financial and legal time bomb

The PM vows military spending will zoom. He’s failed to show the need or how we can afford it.

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