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Alberta tables new law for mandatory treatment for drug addicts

In the face of a drug crisis that's killed more than 1,000 Albertans annually for years, the provincial government is poised to become the first jurisdiction in Canada to force drug addicts into treatment, holding them in secure facilities for up to three months at a time or mandating that they complete six months of treatment in the community. Read More
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Jamie Sarkonak: The Greens don’t belong in the debates

One day, we might be freed from the Green Party of Canada’s outsized ability to sponge up bandwidth in pursuit of goals that will never remotely be reached, but it won’t come in time for the debates on Wednesday and Thursday. And so, all viewers will be cursed with listening to the lame duck party’s frivolous posturing, a cavernous pothole on the road to e-day. Read More
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Peter MacKinnon: Rein in universities’ race-based hiring

With race-based appointments to academic jobs in Canada now common, it should not be surprising that there are business opportunities embedded in them, and it is notable that a new search consultancy has entered and risen in the field: BIPOC Executive Search Inc., based in Toronto. The firm has a team of 15 and specializes in the recruitment of Black, Indigenous and racialized candidates. It has current job postings for 12 executive positions at three Toronto universities (York, U of T and OCAD), and no doubt the promise of many more as Canadian universities rush to make race-based appointments to their academic and administrative ranks. With a 15-member team, BIPOC Inc. needs plenty of work to meet payroll. Read More
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Chris Selley: Poilievre has a great case for the notwithstanding clause. He’ll need to make it

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre had long ago expressed appreciation for the notwithstanding clause, which allows legislators to override some sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. So it should have come as no surprise that on Monday he vowed to use the so-called “override clause” to reinstate consecutive life sentences for multiple murderers. By rights, it should be something of a slam-dunk for the Conservatives. Read More
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