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Chris Selley: Alberta NDP’s divorce from the federal party trainwreck is better for everyone

It did not receive much notice in Central Canada, and if it had, it might have been seen as bad news for the beleaguered federal New Democrats. But the Alberta NDP’s recent decision to uncouple somewhat from the federal NDP might actually help drag the national party’s proverbial Maserati out of the proverbial ditch where Jagmeet Singh left it in a cloud of steam. Read More
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Raymond J. de Souza: King Charles’ throne speech was a constitutional triumph

The speech from the throne was a spectacular constitutional triumph, which approaches the oxymoronic, in that constitutional matters in the Westminster tradition are designed not to be spectacular. The sovereign imposes upon himself the custom of reading the speech impassively, the flat tone indicating neither approval nor disapproval of the government’s program. There is the prohibition, indicated in the instructions to all present in the chamber, to “refrain from expressions of support or dissent.” Read More
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