Posts by Shannon Proudfoot

Cannabis is legal. Now about those pardons for pot possession?

There is still no timeline for Canada’s plan to pardon people for simple pot possession. And even when it happens it won’t wipe records clean.

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The reason that cannabis is now legal in Canada

It was the Prime Minister’s late brother’s brush with the law that influenced Trudeau’s thinking on pot, and put Canada on the path to legalization

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The McClintic case: What’s the place for public fury in our justice system?

The case of Terri-Lynne McClintic sparked an angry backlash, and raises a key question: why do we punish offenders, for their sake or our own?

President Trump Holds News Conference To Discuss New US-Mexico-Canada Trade Deal

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How new-NAFTA could still go bad

The deal is done but it’s not official. Approval in each country could take many months, and given the state of U.S. politics, it’s not guaranteed.

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The USMCA explained: Winners and losers, what’s in and what’s out

From online shopping to biologic drugs, we’ve sifted through the details with our eyes peeled for devils

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How Christine Blasey Ford and Anita Hill walked the impossible knife’s edge

Shannon Proudfoot: ’Separated by 27 years and a social landscape that has supposedly shifted on its moorings, two remarkable testimonies share inescapable parallels’

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What happens when artificial intelligence comes to Ottawa

A new report calls for caution as the federal government has been ’experimenting’ with the use of AI in immigration and refugee cases.

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The myth that women are more likely to succeed at municipal politics

A new study finds that races are still dominated by men, while women are less driven by salary than men and less likely to challenge male incumbents

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’I am mine’: This is what Alzheimer’s is like at 41

Three years ago, Jo and his wife Robin shared their story: he had early-onset Alzheimer’s. Now, as it continues its swift, relentless assault on Jo, Robin navigates the unthinkable

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Justin Trudeau on populism, the trouble with grand gestures and fear

In a live interview with Maclean’s senior writer Paul Wells, the PM talked about governing in the age of Trump and the fragility of democracy

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