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Jagmeet Singh, the ’racist’ label and what Parliament won’t abide
Jen Gerson: Has the social-media age overtaken the rules of the House?
Jen Gerson
Jen Gerson is a freelance journalist based in Calgary. She is a regular contributor for Maclean's, the Walrus and CBC. She also co-hosts the politics podcast Oppo.
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Don’t let coronavirus turn us into a nation of snitches
Jen Gerson: Hotlines for reporting ’non-compliance’ are evil tools that will damage the very trust we’ll need to rebound from this crisis
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Why that about-face on wearing masks is a problem
Jen Gerson: The feds’ new advice was one in a series of backtracks, and public trust is the ballgame here
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Yes, this is a war. Do our leaders know what that means?
Jen Gerson: Threatening to take away civil liberties isn’t enough. Mobilizing the country will require a galvanizing message—and the promise of better things to come.
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Happy that Alberta’s oil-fuelled party is over? Think again.
Jen Gerson: In a system where every major project is a target for obstruction and protest, everyone suffers
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The unbelievable things coming out of Jason Kenney’s ’War Room’
Jen Gerson: Nothing demonstrates the parochialism and myopia of the people running Alberta Inc. more than their support for the Canadian Energy Centre
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Why so many Albertans are giving up on their country
Jen Gerson: ’Wexit’ reflects a cartoon version of the province that other Canadians find easy to attack—because it spares them the burden of self-examination
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The uproar over ’Unplanned,’ and Canada’s messed-up politics
Jen Gerson: Liberals are once again using abortion rollbacks in the U.S. as pretext for dire warnings about Andrew Scheer and the Conservatives. Guess there’s more than one bad movie in town.
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Alberta’s straight-talking, belligerent statesman launches his own era
Jen Gerson: Alberta has more than its fair share of political legends. Whether he’s hero or villain—and he’ll probably be both—Jason Kenney could be next.
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Alberta’s election, and the ugly politics in store for Canada
Jen Gerson: A vacuous, exhausting, divisive campaign where casting your opponents as bigots wasn’t enough to win.