Readers wrote in with comments on our editorials on mandatory military service, decriminalization and the 2024 budget
Category: Commentary
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Children with special health needs more likely to come from poor neighbourhoods
Our research points to jaw-dropping differences in the levels of serious health issues of children from wealthier and poorer neighbourhoods
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Editorial: Why Canada should mandate military service for young people
The UK Tories have proposed mandatory military service for 18-year-olds. Canada should run with this idea. Here’s why
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Harm-reduction activists should try listening to their opponents
If harm-reduction activists listened to advocates of recovery-oriented drug policy instead of opposing them, they’d likely find many areas of agreement
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Editorial: Legal regulators are wrong to oppose B.C.’s legal reforms
B.C. has a sensible plan to improve the affordability of legal services. It’s unfortunate to see powerful legal groups lining up to oppose it
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Journalist André Pratte: ‘liberalism in Quebec is in a very difficult situation’
André Pratte, the journalist, former senator and Quebec Liberal Party policy chair, on liberalism’s difficult moment and what he’s doing to help
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Editorial: Decriminalization is trendy for a reason
P.E.I. swims against the regulatory tide with its proposal to ban the sale of cigarettes to young people
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Keep learning or lose your career
Employees cannot rely on companies’ professional development programs to stay relevant and employable. Here’s what they should do
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Editorial: Conservatives’ appeal to workers is smart — and fraught
Conservatives are smart to appeal to working class voters. But there’s a risk of them resorting to fundamentally unconservative tools in the process
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How to nurture neighbours in a lonely landscape
The belonging and membership that emerged organically in the past must now be nurtured intentionally, neighbourhood by neighbourhood