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Jared Wesley: Decoding the Separatist Playbook

Albertans should learn to recognize these tropes in the coming months

On The Line: It's time for Canada to abandon this cherished (and flattering) national myth

Listen now | Also: a way to help those who've sacrificed so much for their country.

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Gregory Jack: Canada's chill summer can't last forever

The patient national mood works in Mark Carney's favour, for now

Andrew MacDougall: Maybe we should just bribe Trump

It might be dirty and degrading, but you have to admit it would work.

Dispatch: No retreat, baby. No surrender

Yes, we are aware of the irony of quoting an American in this context. But, like, WHAT an American. Right?

The Line Podcast: Carney needs to make the call, now — fight or surrender

On the actual choice we have. The latest from Alberta. And why Matt is not taking Jen to Europe.

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Andrew Potter: The American Karentocracy

Our neighbours to the south are the last people on Earth to realize that the problem is them.

On The Line: Is Alberta hurtling toward the edge?

Are the internal tensions that have defined Alberta conservatism for years becoming too great to contain?

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Jen Gerson: If Carney signs this deal, let's be clear: it's the beginning of our surrender

There is no piece of paper you could sign that is going to get Trump off our backs. There is no way to secure the illusion of business certainty in this political environment. It’s fantasy.

Dispatch from the Front Lines: No deal.

And any concessions we make should be made because they're good for us, not for the U.S.