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The Monitor – Spring 2025
These days, there are many reminders to hold on to this one precious thing: our democracy. Not just ticking a box at election time, but working in between elections to protect the systems in place to safeguard our democracy.
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Platform Crunch: Comparing four parties’ tax cut and cash transfers promises
Earlier in the week, the Liberals came out with a promise to cut the lowest federal personal income tax rate from 15 per cent to…
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Tax cuts are alive and well in this federal election, but who benefits? (Hint: Look up, way up)
The first full day on the election trail and both the Liberals and Conservatives have pledged the same thing: to change the personal income tax…
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Mark Carney’s Values: What his 2021 book reveals about the leader he might be
It’s fair to say that Mark Carney’s 2021 book, Values: Building a Better World for All, was his early application to be prime minister. Values…
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Poilievre’s economic populism masks the same old failed conservative policies
With the resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canadian politics is headed for a shake-up, with observers anticipating a federal election shortly after the Liberals…
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Trudeau’s final act: Join the CCPA for a webinar examining his government’s record
Join the CCPA for a talk with experts who contributed to a new book on Justin Trudeau’s years in power edited by Canadian Centre for…
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Promise and performance: What Justin Trudeau leaves behind
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he was stepping down as Liberal leader on January 6, following months of speculation and mounting pressure from colleagues and…
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Justin Trudeau prorogued Parliament and resigned. What happens next?
On January 6, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an announcement that political observers had been expecting for the better part of a year—he is resigning…
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Are municipal politics already partisan?
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Saskatchewan’s urban/rural divide is a lot older than this election
The following text is an edited excerpt from a yet-untitled forthcoming book on Saskatchewan politics.
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A seat at the table: Pushing back on discord and division
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With the Liberal-NDP agreement dead, what’s on the agenda for the fall parliamentary session?
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