partisanship

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Can TVO’s ’Political Blind Date’ help soften partisanship in Canada?

The TV show gives politicians the rare chance to talk outside of a hostile question period and get to the bottom of the seldom-answered question: Why the (bleep) does that person think that way?
(Photograph by Blair Gable)

My fellow partisans: How we can yell at each other more thoughtfully

Opinion: Jason Lietaer has a nine-point plan for people in politics who see the problem with partisanship—but don’t want to give it up completely
Michael Ferguson

Today’s political partisanship is hurting Canada’s best and brightest

Opinion: Ian Capstick on how toxic partisanship—which led him to quit CBC’s high-profile Power and Politics panel—is affecting mental health in Ottawa
Doug Ford

When the politically unthinkable happens, why can’t Canadians see the signs?

Opinion: Social disconnect, reductive partisanship and simple bias are infecting how Canadian voters view politicians with opposing political views
‘March 4 Trump’ in California

The Divided States of America

Red and Blue Americans have grown so dangerously far apart, they should be considered different ethnic groups
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In praise of partisan politicians

Partisan debate—fierce, witty, memorable—is a critical check on the power of a majority government. Bring it on.
Canada’s Minister of State for Democratic Reform Poilievre speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa

Pierre Poilievre on partisanship

One of question period’s leading characters on the value of conflict
Irwin Cotler

Does Parliament need a national ‘speak no evil’ day?

MP Irwin Cotler’s motion sets out to find the delicate line of partisanship between vicious attack and honest airing of differences
Rachel Slocum

Professors should take sides

Prof. Pettigrew on the reaction to an email that went viral