Tag: Brian Mulroney

John Robson: NATO Pressure Won’t Stop Canada’s Free-Riding on US Defence Spending

July 10, 2023
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Commentary According to a newspaper, not this one, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, this week “pressure will be on” to make a meaningful contribution to the alliance. Pressure being a colourless, odourless gas whose only known effect is to cause journalists to write headlines. We’ve been free-riding on…

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Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney Recovering After Prostate Cancer Treatment

April 5, 2023
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Former prime minister Brian Mulroney is recovering after undergoing treatment in Montreal for prostate cancer. His daughter Caroline Mulroney said Wednesday in a written statement that the family expects him to be “back to normal in the coming weeks.” Her office confirmed that he underwent treatment for prostate cancer. The Toronto Star, citing an interview with one of his sons, Mark,…

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Here’s a Look at Other Times Canadian Prime Ministers Testified at Public Inquiries

November 22, 2022
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The word “unprecedented” applies to some aspects of the massive public inquiry underway in Ottawa. After all, the commission is investigating the first-time use of the federal Emergencies Act during the “Freedom Convoy,” protests last winter that decried extraordinary restrictions during a global pandemic. But this week’s dramatic conclusion of the Public Order Emergency Commission…

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Barbara Kay: New Book a Scathing Account of the Sussexes’ Self-Absorbed Shenanigans

September 6, 2022
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Commentary In June 2020, at the peak of Black Lives Matter rage over the killing of George Floyd, Jessica Mulroney, “the fairy godmother of Canadian fashion” as Harper’s Bazaar described her, and daughter-in-law of former prime minister Brian Mulroney, was brutally cancelled by a false allegation of racism. Even though no evidence was put forward…

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Barbara Kay: The ‘Cancelling’ and ‘Ghosting’ of Jessica Mulroney Touched On in New Book

September 6, 2022
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Commentary In June 2020, at the peak of Black Lives Matter rage over the killing of George Floyd, Jessica Mulroney, “the fairy godmother of Canadian fashion” as Harper’s Bazaar described her, and daughter-in-law of former prime minister Brian Mulroney, was brutally cancelled by a false allegation of racism. Even though no evidence was put forward…

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How the Lie Became Policy

July 19, 2022
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Commentary Politics, charged with the ordering of human affairs, has always generated more than its share of half-truths and untruths. But thanks to the contemporary explosion of sophisticated communication technology paired with the general shamelessness encouraged by moral relativism, the Lie has become a veritable institution, a pandemic of structurally embedded mendacity. Truth still exists,…

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