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Opinion: The U.S.’s deal was no deal at all
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (264+ words) Steve Verheul was Canada’s chief trade negotiator from 2017-21, leading negotiations that resulted in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The breakdown in Canada-U.S. negotiations has left Canada in a difficult position, with uncertain and challenging times ahead. But agreeing to the…...
Opinion: Canada didn’t chicken out. We did the right thing
7+ hour, 52+ min ago (705+ words) Patrick Leblond is associate professor and holder of the CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy at the University of Ottawa. He is also a senior fellow with the Centre for International Governance Innovation. In the end, Canada and…...
America is really being a bad friend
9+ hour, 5+ min ago (645+ words) A quarter-century ago, in the wake of the assistance that Newfoundlanders provided to stranded American travellers after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Canadian officials distributed a book titled A Diary Between Friends (“a visual and written expression of a friendship of unusual…...
Hawkish vibe at the Fed
13+ hour, 57+ min ago (596+ words) Is new Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Kevin Warsh a dove after all? Financial markets read his second press conference as dovish: Expectations of a near-term rate hike fell, long-term bond yields rose, the U.S. dollar weakened and so did stocks. Judging…...
Anti-tobacco groups push for smoking ban in national parks
11+ hour, 23+ min ago (816+ words) A man smoking a cigarette at the Thousand Island National Park in Mallorytown on Aug. 20. A 2019 study from University of the Fraser Valley found that 11 per of outdoor fires in Canada from 2012 to 2015 were caused by smoking.Kaja Tirrul/The…...
What’s really behind the transgender participation debate? People who are afraid of women’s sports
12+ hour, 23+ min ago (984+ words) By all measures, the 30th season of the WNBA has been an unprecedented success. In March, the players’ association won a hard-fought battle for a historic collective agreement, which boosted the average player’s salary north of a half-million U.S. dollars,…...
Opinion: Why we are holding an ‘Alberta and the West Assembly’
12+ hour, 23+ min ago (567+ words) A man walks as voters arrive to a polling station on election day in Edmonton, in 2023.AMBER BRACKEN/Reuters Preston Manning is the former leader of the Reform Party of Canada. The faith of Canadians in democracy, as expressed by…...
Opinion: Danielle Smith wants passenger rail to return to Alberta. Is it just a train dream?
12+ hour, 22+ min ago (725+ words) A city passenger train leaves downtown Calgary, in June.Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail Tyler Dawson is an Edmonton-based editor for The Globe and Mail’s Opinion section. He is the author of The Republic of Alberta: An Idea That…...
Opinion: As I enter my 70s, my vanity will be the last thing to go
12+ hour, 23+ min ago (1092+ words) It’s difficult to admit that I am indeed changing with age Ian Brown examines the faraway during a round of golf at Bathurst Glen Golf Course in Richmond Hill, Ont., in June, 2023.Tijana Martin/The Globe and Mail Ian Brown…...
Letters to the editor: ‘Wildfires are resulting in tragedies and profound losses … while those producing and selling fossil fuels prosper.’ Letters to the editor for Aug. 22
14+ hour, 23+ min ago (1023+ words) Smoke rises over the western flank of the Bald Range wildfire near Summerland, B.C., on Aug. 16.BC Wildfire Service/Reuters Re “Inside the early battle against the ferocious Bald Range wildfire” (Aug. 15): I live in British Columbia, where smoke season has…...