Culture
Elon Musk + Grimes = Grusk. Minions of the robot overlords?
Reading this column may entrap you in an Artificial Intelligence conspiracy to doom humanity. It might also be entertaining. Up to you.
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.
Canada
Jason Kenney is reaping what he sowed with Alberta’s social conservatives
Jen Gerson: The UCP leader finds himself in a corner he designed, built and painted, shrugging off the wishes of members he drew to the party in the first place
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Relax, Doug Ford will be fine
Jen Gerson: Ford can be clumsy and ignorant, and it’s unclear exactly how he’ll slash Ontario’s deficit. But how much worse is he than the status quo?
Canada
The wake-up call for a generation of wide-eyed home buyers
A wide swath of young homebuyers is beginning to grapple with something unseen in their adult lives—a market that actually goes down
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Kathleen Wynne’s pledge to spend billions on a bullet train makes zero sense
Jen Gerson: It’s time Ontario found some Alberta-style religion about debt
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Is Vice ready for a post-bro CEO?
New Vice Media boss Nancy Dubuc needs to create a culture of grownups
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Doug Ford, chaos candidate
Jen Gerson: The new Ontario PC leader was the extreme choice, and his message will resonate with voters eager to tear down Liberal elitism
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Patrick Brown’s weakness cost him his job—and his shot to retake it
Opinion: As Brown exits the Ontario PC leadership race, Jen Gerson looks at what made his resignation inevitable—and his second campaign delusional
Canada
The phone call that ended Patrick Brown’s leadership
EXCLUSIVE: On the night news broke about allegations against the leader, the Ontario PC caucus held an extraordinary, tension-filled conference call. Here’s what was said.
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How Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir hooked us with their ’romance’
We’ve fallen for the oldest trope in the sitcom-writing playbook as we watched this pair’s historic performances. Was that by accident, or design?