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Andrew Scheer's narrow vision of conservatism was his party's failing: Robyn Urback
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's message was that he would make Canadians' lives more affordable, which was the Liberals' promise, too. But the Liberals' affordability measures came without the threat — real or perceived — of a backward slide on social issues and environmental measures.
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This election presented would-be prime ministers with a moral test. They all failed: Robyn Urback
In this election, the leaders of the three major parties had the opportunity to demonstrate they had the courage and conviction to take a stand on a contentious moral issue — Quebec's secularism law — despite political consequences. They all declined that opportunity.
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If Scheer wants to stop being questioned on his views on gay marriage, he should offer an answer: Robyn Urback
Conservatives will say it shouldn't matter what leader Andrew Scheer's personal views are on issues such as same-sex marriage as long as he won't base policy on them. That is a nice, idealistic — and perhaps unrealistic — way of thinking about how elections are decided.
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What's the difference between the Conservative and Liberal platforms? The colour: Robyn Urback
At a policy level, what the two leading parties in this election propose isn’t all that different: lower income taxes, a mishmash of credits and subsidies for parents and homeowners, and at least four more years of deficits. With either option, we’re not looking at dramatically different Canadas.
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Justin Trudeau — a self-appointed moral steward in blackface: Robyn Urback
When you run on sanctimony, govern on arrogance and expect perfection, you find yourself in an awful quandary when you fall short of your own standards.
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The NDP should've been the 'change' option this election. Instead, it's grasping for relevance: Robyn Urback
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh could, theoretically, harness the desire for change that the Liberals left unfulfilled because they used the same sort of Harper-style governing tactics during their tenure. If only the NDP could figure out what it's doing.
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Quebec's secularism law is a national disgrace — and yet barely an election issue: Robyn Urback
In another universe, with a different electoral map, Trudeau would be harping on Quebec's secularism law at every opportunity, with every minister on board, and with the fury this sort of state-sponsored intolerance demands.
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A Prime Minister's Office drunk on its own arrogance: Robyn Urback
This is a government so convinced of its own moral virtue that it can rationalize trading text messages with a criminally charged organization over a pressure campaign on the attorney general.
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Trump is not a racist. He's simply intolerant of the bad kinds of people: Robyn Urback
If these U.S. congresswomen can't appreciate how Great America Is Again, they should go somewhere they can express their dissent freely, like Beijing.
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Doug Ford's dumpster fire explains why Ontario tolerates years of Liberal mismanagement: Robyn Urback
In its first year in office, Ontario's Progressive Conservative government led by Doug Ford has brought back many of the same gross-looking antics as the previous Liberal government, with a spread of malicious-seeming cutbacks to boot.