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Opinion Canadians can have better consumer protections. We just need to get angry: Neil Macdonald
The truly essential bedrock of a consumer movement is a citizenry with a willingness to vote its anger, and we don't seem to have the American capacity for outrage. More read comments
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Opinion Facebook kind of, somewhat continues to crack down on fake news
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Facebook still can't manage to get things straight: Is it responsible for the fake news posted on its platform, or not? Is the onus on them, or on users?
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Opinion Refugees once again have full health benefits, but some practitioners still don't know that
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It's been over a year since the Trudeau government reversed cuts to refugee health care. Some still aren't getting the services they need.
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Opinion Transparency about where our clothing is made won't improve the lives of garment factory workers
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A recently released report urges greater supply chain transparency in the garment and footwear industries. But knowing where our impossibly cheap clothing is made probably won't really change much.
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Opinion Revenge of the comment section: Who can afford to have kids these days, anyway?
For the first time in Canada's history, seniors outnumber children aged 14 and under, according to newly released census figures. CBC commenters reflect on what that means.
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Opinion Another Press Freedom Day comes and goes in a world where the media is ever less free: Neil Macdonald
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Thankfully, amending the First Amendment is practically impossible, even for Trump Nation. But a president is extraordinarily powerful. Trump can bring other tools to bear.
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Opinion Republicans push through health plan by embracing what they used to criticize: Robyn Urback
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Republicans took to the Rose Garden on Thursday to celebrate the passage of a health-care bill in the House of Representatives that hasn't been properly evaluated, or debated, or costed. They tore apart Democrats for similar moves on Obamacare.
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Opinion The Liberal government is selling faux-progressivism. The NDP should unite in calling it out
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The progressive dream many Canadians imagined would come after electing Trudeau has proven to be a disappointment. The NDP needs its star players to get out there and define what progressive politics really means.
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Opinion Canadians need to grow a consumer backbone: Neil Macdonald
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It would be interesting to see what a few carefully orchestrated boycotts would do to cellphone rates, or book prices, or bank fees, or smug airline overbooking policies.
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Opinion In the world of technology, it all keeps coming back to privacy
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Privacy is the elephant in the room, unavoidable at every turn, and too big to ignore. And it will keep coming up week after week, especially as the Internet of Things evolves from being a concept to a new reality.
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Opinion 'Along came the parasites' — an alternative Senate storybook: Robyn Urback
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Canada's esteemed upper chamber has printed a children's book, depicting a Senate of "wise owls" overseeing a forest of squabbling animals below. For those who find the tale a bit too much of a fairy tale, here's an alternate version.
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