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Prime Minister Carney announces delegation to Pope Francis funeral
The Prime Minister, Mark Carney, has announced that Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Whit Fraser will travel to Vatican City on April 25, 2025, to attend the funeral of His Holiness Pope Francis...
Trump's potential embrace of ‘continentalist geopolitics' poses grave risks to Canada
Trump's potential embrace of ‘continentalist geopolitics' poses grave risks to Canada
By Michael Williams, Professor of International Politics, University of Ottawa
In the few weeks since United States President Donald Trump returned to the Whit...
$100K vs $1,400 for the same degree?
Commentary
By Shai Reshef, Founder and President of University of the People
The price of higher education at one university in the U.S. just crossed the $100,000 per year mark — yes, per year — to earn a bachelor's degree. That's simply insan...
Statement by Prime Minister Mark Carney on the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis
The Prime Minister, Mark Carney, today (April 21) issued the following statement on the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis:
“Today, I join Canadians and Catholics around the world in mourning the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis, Bishop of ...
Canadian elections: Nothing much has changed after debates
PV Staff
Debates do not generally change much in the perceptions of their audiences. According to commentators who watched the recent debates in English and French in Canada, the race is still very tight.
Perhaps the most important quality of deba...
Canada's aging population: The unspoken ballot
Canada's aging population: The unspoken ballot box issue
By Sunil Johal, Professor in Public Policy and Society, University of Toronto
Canadians are voting in a federal election on April 28, and questions about how to deal with the United States a...
The use of sonic ‘anti-loitering' devices is breaching teenagers' human rights
Sonic devices are common and can be bought online by both hate groups and law enforcement agencies. Hate groups even use these devices against targeted individuals right in their homes.
These devices are said to be widely used in Canada both public...
Canadian elections: An assessment by Ipsos
PV staff
Debates are very important tools to assess the strengths of a politician. These assessments are sometimes accurate, sometimes wrong. This is because it is almost impossible to predict with 100 percent certainty how voters will vote after w...
American poet Tracy Fuad
Birth
By Tracy Fuad
You were born in a brutalist building.
Rising above a long body of water.
The body, a bypass canal.
You were born beneath six beaming spotlights.
Born of a sharpness, and set to music.
In the back room, on a tablet, throug...
Thoughts
1. It's over.
2. It's over.
3. Termination Day (Doug Ford).
4. Breach of trust, breach of confidence, breach of friendship, total isolation.
What the ...
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