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OTTAWA—Donald Trump’s gaslighting of America is rapidly turning into Canadian policy. This is being orchestrated through an aggressive disinformation campaign, controlled and co-ordinated by the White House. On May 11, thousands of children in Quebec returned to...
OTTAWA—Does the Conservative Party of Canada actually like Canada, or Canadians? Not even Michelle Rempel Garner could be bothered to stay in the country during lockdown, given she’s buggered off to the U.S. #AndrewScheer was trending and that never turns out well for...
OTTAWA—Not all men. However, when it comes to mass murder, it is indeed all men. The shootings in Nova Scotia were shocking, until they weren’t. The shooter had a history of domestic violence, which is something that the police made only perfunctory mention of, and...
OTTAWA—Evidently, the killing of Black men by the police is an essential service. Last week, Peel Regional Police in Brampton, Ont., shot and killed D’Andre Campbell, a 26-year-old Black man with a known—as in, known to the police—history of mental health issues. It...
OTTAWA—So, us SJWs (social justice warriors) were right all along. It seems like building a just and equitable society where people are paid a livable wage, health care and housing are human rights, the environment is protected, labour is powerful, and white...
OTTAWA—The entire Western world was feelin’ itself until the novel coronavirus hit. Now, we’ve been humbled like Justin Trudeau on his blackface apology tour. Every time I type the name of this pandemic, all I can hear is Cardi B’s coronavirus rant on Instagram that...
OTTAWA—International Women’s Day (IWD) is a joke in North America and deserves to be ridiculed. Last week was one that showed us that women are still at the back of the bus in a patriarchy: Elizabeth Warren, the last woman—with a realistic chance—running for president...
OTTAWA—NWA really produced a timeless banger with their seminal song about the police. Yeah, you know the title. As discussed in this column last week, “Surveillance is the way white supremacy has controlled populations by controlling their movement, who they...
OTTAWA—Do you hear that? It’s the sound of reconciliation buckling under the oppressive weight of white supremacy. Ostensibly, Canada was founded on the principles of “peace, order, and good government,” and apart from missing the necessary aspirational quality...
