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Alex Himelfarb and Craig Scott: A bad bill, and a goodbye
With support from the opposition Conservatives, the Liberal government is steamrolling Bill C-5, a bill of enormous consequence that will not get theā€¦
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Trusting democracy by amending federal Bill C-5
Today we talk about the democratic principles at stake when Parliament reviews Bill C-5. On Wednesday we will explore possible amendments.
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A delicate balance
With focus on nation-building projects, what should federal-provincial collaboration look like?
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Democracy, rights, and Bill C-2, the "Strong Borders Act"
Should Parliament be giving a thumbs up to this first bill of the new Canadian federal government -- which is anything but an elbows-up (to Trump) pieceā€¦
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Fordā€™s Bill 5 and Carneyā€™s Bill C-5, two peas in a pod?
There are deeply worrying features for the environment, Indigenous reconciliation, and indeed democracy in the Building Canada Act that the federalā€¦
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Ontario seeks to "protect Ontario" by undermining protection of nature and Indigenous rights
The Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act (Bill 5) is an abuse of the sense of public urgency for "major projects" and greater independence fromā€¦
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Investing in people and in social goods: smart and moral economics for PM Carney's "major projects" push
The first ministers have called for "dual use" projects in the North and Arctic. Why should this notion not be put at the centre of the discussion ofā€¦
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Delivering on ambition in our fragile federation
The outcome of the First Ministers Meeting in Saskatoon will be an early post-election indicator of what we can achieve with the Prime Ministerā€™s callā€¦
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May 2025

A needed revolution for social media platforms
Should Canada be generating a public infrastructure for social media platforms in order to counter leviathans like Facebook and X? Must rigorous stateā€¦
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On the front lines of combatting lies and ignorance
Is Canada in urgent need of better civic education and more fact-checking and explanatory journalism?
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Part 2 - A Citizenā€™s Guide to the Evolution of Political Persuasion
Dark Patterns and the New Propaganda
Published on A Letter From A MaritimerĀ ā€¢Ā 
Craig Scott: Judging where the US is on the continuum and trajectory of authoritarianism
Two CBC Front Burner interviews on the anti-democratic descent in Trump's first 100 days and on historical parallels with Nazi Germany's rise; the Ezraā€¦
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