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A cargo ship navigates the Mediterranean Sea along the Beirut coastline of Lebanon on April 13, 2025. Trump’s tariffs could have a cascading impact on the economic prosperity, peace and security of many developing nations. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Tariffs don’t just affect the global economy, but create political instability as well

Donald Trump’s tariffs will create greater instability in international affairs for the foreseeable future.
A person wearing a protective face mask looks at a street mural during the COVID-19 pandemic in Edmonton Alta, in April 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Why it’s impossible for public policy to rely entirely on science

The only way an Alberta COVID-19 committee can meaningfully determine how public policy should be made is if it tackles head-on the question of how to measure the psychological impacts of policy.
Maxime Bernier, leader of the People’s Party of Canada, and his wife Catherine Letarte speak to supporters on election night. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

Canadian populism got shut out this election — but it’s still a growing movement

It’s true that PPC Leader Maxime Bernier failed to get re-elected in his own riding and that the Maverick Party only gained a scattering of votes. But that hardly means populism is defeated in Canada.

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