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May 2025

The King's speech: Mark Carney's first test
Can Canada's new Prime Minister deliver the pragmatic leadership Canadians want?
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Mark Towhey
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If it's Canada, it's HBC!
I'm chuffed about Canadian Tire buying Hudson's Bay Company assets. Are you?
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Mark Towhey
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Flashback Friday: Gun control won't solve our violence problem. Here's what will.
Will Mark Carney end the failed Liberal gun control dogma and fight crime instead?
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2 Questions for the Ontario Liberal Party
I asked these questions after its 2022 defeat. They remain unanswered.
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Mark Towhey
Flashback Friday: Poilievre is losing the election. Here's why.
Conservatives are being out marketed by the Liberal operatives producing Carney
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Mark Towhey

April 2025

Some thoughts on the day after. What now?
What next for Mark Carney, Pierre Poilievre, Jagmeet Singh, even Elizabeth May and democracy.
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Mark Towhey
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About that debate: pretty good actually
Poilievre shines. Carney survives. Singh annoys. Blanchet Blanchets.
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Mark Towhey
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Flashback Friday: The best way to fix the leaders debate is to end it
It's the 21st Century. Voters deserve better than a pointless TV anachronism.
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Mark Towhey
Flashback Friday: Food is essential to life. It should never be taxed.
While governments focus on macro-economics, many families can't afford macaroni.
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Mark Towhey
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Plans vs. Slogans. But, hey... a new slogan!
The unbearable hypocrisy of damning slogans with... well, slogans.
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Mark Towhey
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Voters are not wrong. Nor are they stupid.
Canadians are not being "fooled" by some politicians or deceived by others
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