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"if you’re wondering why no one wants to act, it’s because they’re afraid of what they’ll be unleashing." By @mattgurney theline.substack.com/p/dispa…
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Gut-punch of a piece by Kevin Newman on a very, very shameful and embarrassing week for Canadians. theline.substack.com/p/kevin…
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Today at The Line: The cancellations will continue until transphobia improves, by @jengerson theline.substack.com/p/jen-g…
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Kevin Newman: A messy goodbye to a respected figure in journalism on The Line theline.substack.com/p/kevin…
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New from @jengerson at The Line: "These guys haven't been able to balance the books for almost a generation despite running the richest province in the country. We're calling in the army to help with COVID-19. You want them running your police or pension?" theline.substack.com/p/jen-g…
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Today at The Line: @jengerson offers a Word to her Haters. theline.substack.com/p/jen-g…
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Today at The Line: We talk to @preta_6 about why she put up an "I Love J.K. Rowling" billboard in Vancouver. theline.substack.com/p/q-and…
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In her final Friday election column, Jen Gerson expresses some concerns. theline.substack.com/p/jen-g…
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Kevin Newman: The people we left behind at the gas station. The latest coming out of Afghanistan. theline.substack.com/p/kevin…
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A recent article in the National Observer was critical of some of the reporting on the crisis in Afghanistan written by Kevin Newman, and published in The Line. Here is our response.
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Now up at The Line, from Andrew Potter: Our leaders are tearing the country apart to win a few votes in close ridings. theline.substack.com/p/andre…
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Just up at The Line: @mattgurney on how Trudeau will probably not pay a political price for skipping the Uyghur genocide vote, but as he himself will know, he'll certainly pay a price in the eyes of history. In 100 years, who'll apologize for Trudeau?
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New at The Line, from @jengerson: You have to live here for a while to feel that bone-deep distinction between conservationism and environmentalism. Kenney tried to come between Albertans and their mountains to mine coal ... and it ended badly for him.
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Today at The Line: @Pagmenzies asks, if the CBC was created to provide a bulwark against American cultural imperialism, why is it spending so much of its time on Donald Trump and other bête noires of the U.S. left? theline.substack.com/p/peter…
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A cancel culture grenade: Who's afraid of The End of Gender?
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Our Man in Ottawa gives us a look at the front lines of the freedom convoy. By @mattgurney theline.substack.com/p/dispa…
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At The Line this morning, columnist and co-founder @jengerson has some advice for Erin O'Toole: Don't stop with Sloan. Keep going. Purge the nutjobs, crush the fringe. Don't do it make progs like you. Do it to save yourself and your party.
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Must-read piece in The Line from @MichelleRempel: "A man at the bar was paying too much attention to me. As he charged forward, he started yelling at us about the World Economic Forum, demanding that I answer questions about my 'ties to Klaus Schwab.'”
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From @MattGurney: "We are not owed any particular future, and are not guaranteed more of what we've already had."
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If we had been doing the things Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives have been saying we should do, would we be in a better position to take on Trump?
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Our latest: @JenGerson's time among the blockaders in Coutts, Alberta, a protest that "God initiated."
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By @KenBoessenkool: the church leaders at Grace Life deserve to be charged. theline.substack.com/p/ken-b…
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Today at the Line: Dear Harry and Meghan -- welcome to celebrity. By @jengerson theline.substack.com/p/jen-g…
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Dispatch from the Front Line: We just don't trust you, Mr. Trudeau. theline.substack.com/p/dispa…
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From @MattGurney: "The government is incapable of responding to fast-moving crises. At best, it'll show up later with cheques to ease the pain of disasters it failed to prepare for, failed to see coming, and failed to effectively manage once they arrived." theline.substack.com/p/matt-…
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Now up at The Line: Americans, at least, have no illusions about being "nice guys." Canadians do, and Canadian actions make the difference that much plainer. America abandoned Afghanistan with a sneer. We walked out with a smile. theline.substack.com/p/tommy…
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The Line -- Matt Gurney: Memo to David Lametti. You didn't 'get it right' because it's impossible theline.substack.com/p/matt-…
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The Line speaks with @jonkay and discusses Seth Rogen, hair care, social norms and ... well, mostly, just WTF all that was.
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Conservative leadership contender Jean Charest pledges to increase defence spending to 2% of GDP; fix procurement, and increase military personnel to 100,000. theline.substack.com/p/jean-…
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Today at The Line: @jengerson lays into picky vaccine shoppers. theline.substack.com/p/jen-g…
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Line editor @jengerson's new column today is talking about the post-COVID-19 mental-health crisis so many expected.
It's here now. This is it. The reason we can't see it is because we're all too deep inside it. Crazy people *can't* realize they're crazy.
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No one is ever, ever going to fix housing. theline.substack.com/p/jen-g…
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Late today at The Line: Jen Gerson on the throne speech. theline.substack.com/p/jen-g…
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Marcus Kolga: Our parties need to stop playing along with hostile regimes
Canada’s political parties are, with alarming ease, abandoning and betraying democratic principles in pursuit of short-term electoral gain.
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GUESS WHAT, FRIENDS! We have figured out how to livestream on YouTube. Join @jengerson and @mattgurney (and maybe others?) as we get drunk on YouTube and watch tonight's election results roll in. We expect to start at 8:30 EST.
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From Peter Menzies: the CBC has a special duty to witness world events through Canadian eyes. The British were there. The Australians were there. Every American network was there.
Canada wasn’t. theline.substack.com/p/peter…
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Hockey culture has a problem. By @KristinRaworth theline.substack.com/p/krist…
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From: @MattGurney: "One of the bedrock truths of European politics has been blown completely out of the water and replaced with something radically different in only eight days. I have a bruise that’s older than the new reality in Western security."
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Close Bars. Open Schools. By @jengerson
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Today on The Line: a hard conversation about relative risk.
Schools are still safer than the cars that will get them there. theline.substack.com/p/matt-…
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From @mattgurney: "The real problem seems to be that our institutions, and the political systems that oversee our institutions and create new ones, are dysfunctional in precisely the ways that will make fixing them a major problem."
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This, by @kelewis, is a gut-punch of a read. Absolutely brutal ... but absolutely must be read. theline.substack.com/p/katie…
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Today at The Line, @jengerson on Canada's 'genocide' hypocrisy. Of course the PM can call Canada genocidal but not China. Calling out China would have consequences. Calling Canada genocidal cost Trudeau, and Canadians, nothing. We just moved right on. theline.substack.com/p/jen-g…
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By Andrew Potter: It's like history ended but someone forgot to tell the Ukrainians, who are reminding us that without honour, freedom is just the temporary or fortuitous absence of tyranny. theline.substack.com/p/andre…
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The second dispatch from The Line's Man on The Ground in Ottawa, @mattgurney. The vibe of the convoy gets darker at night. theline.substack.com/p/dispa…
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Today: No class of Canadians has its speech rights restricted more arbitrarily than prisoners. (This post for non paying subscribers) By @justin_ling theline.substack.com/p/justi…
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Andrew Potter: Zelenskyy's mistake was believing Canada was serious on The Line theline.substack.com/p/andre…
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Today, @jengerson suggests that threatening Margaret Atwood is bad. 🔥🔥🔥 theline.substack.com/p/jen-g…
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Tim Thurley: Canada's civilian gun culture should be part of our defence plan
An armed and trained citizenry, and a thriving weapons industry, are essential parts of any national defence strategy.
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Tim Thurley: In Canadian gun laws, dysfunction and confusion is deliberate on The Line theline.substack.com/p/tim-t…
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Today at The Line: Alberta goes Leeroy Jenkins on Summer, by @jengerson theline.substack.com/p/jen-g…
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The Woke want to hear from People of Colour -- Just not all of us, by @kshahrooz theline.substack.com/p/kaveh…
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The Line -- Jen Gerson: Quit wine. Do heroin theline.substack.com/p/jen-g…
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Today at The Line: India's green energy ambitions outstrip Alberta's, @jkenney. By @maxfawcett theline.substack.com/p/max-f…
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Today at The Line: @jengerson chats with CPC leader Erin O'Toole. theline.substack.com/p/exclu…
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In which @kshaheen questions the morality of Canada dipping into COVAX. We're taking from the foodbank to cover a late dinner. theline.substack.com/p/karee…
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Our latest Dispatch from the Front Line is loaded with stuff, the best stuff, but it starts with a readout of a phone call we had with Prime Minister Trudeau. He wants you to subscribe today. (Warning: Phone call may not actually have happened ... yet.) theline.substack.com/p/dispa…
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Today at The Line: It's time for conservatives to get real, stop making excuses, and root out the Trumpists and wannabes in their midst. No judicial appointment or regulatory change is worth the risk of a leader of such poor character.
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The strange truth is that Alberta wants to be more like Quebec. By @jengerson theline.substack.com/p/jen-g…
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As promised last week, @the_lineca has been working with @JohnWrightLive to understand the most interesting story unfolding during this election: the growing, and changing, PPC vote. @MattGurney brings us latest update on our exclusive numbers. theline.substack.com/p/matt-…
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Today at The Line: we offer a double-header of quasi-endorsements. First up, co-founder @mattgurney on why Canada needs the CPC to do reasonably well on election day. theline.substack.com/p/matt-…
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Today at The Line: Christina Clark on Justin Trudeau's spineless appeasement. theline.substack.com/p/chris…
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Kaveh Shahrooz: This time, the people of Iran are not backing down on The Line theline.substack.com/p/kaveh…
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The Line is continuing to bring you work from Canadian journalists on the ground in Ukraine. Today, from @NeilPHauer, the story of one family's retreat from Kyiv as bombs fell on their city. theline.substack.com/p/dispa…
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Hey, have you noticed prominent Liberals deflect criticism by tweeting lists that show Canada is #1 (or near it) in some global ranking? Ever looked at the methodology? Or checked the UN list we've dropped sharply on?
No? Well then, check out our dispatch!theline.substack.com/p/dispa…
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Pick a Conservative leader who can win. Today's @the_lineca by @KenBoessenkool theline.substack.com/p/ken-b…
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Now up at The Line: @kshahrooz on how Trudeau's feminist, anti-Islamophobia foreign policy somehow forgot to apply its gender-based-analysis lens to the mass rape camps China is operating to brutalize Muslim women.
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Today at The Line: Martha and Henry have gone a little nuts. theline.substack.com/p/ken-b…
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In which we, The Line, interview the other The Line. Things got weird. theline.substack.com/p/the-l…
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The problem with the carbon tax is the carbon tax rebate. by @jengerson readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-…
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Jen Gerson: C-18 will hurt journalism, not save it on The Line theline.substack.com/p/jen-g…
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This piece, from @KristinRaworth, will hit you hard. theline.substack.com/p/krist…
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"Rogers' failure exposed a whole other layer of failure... a more worrying one. A frightening amount of this country had no back-up plan in the event of a communications disruption that was entirely foreseeable. Indeed, these things have happened before."
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The long held Canadian consensus on immigration is collapsing. How the Conservatives navigate this will be a moral test of their leadership. readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-…
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Andrew Potter: Why are our leaders so dumb? It's science! theline.substack.com/p/andre…
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Sloly is out; doxxing is bad; and some observations from Coutts. Here's another Emergency Act Emergency Dispatch. theline.substack.com/p/emerg…
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Matt Gurney: Canada doesn't lead
In almost every field of geopolitical endeavour, Canada has, at most, aspired to be a loyal and reliable mid-ranked contributor ... at best.
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Kristin Raworth: Desperate for consistent moral leadership on domestic abuse on The Line theline.substack.com/p/krist…
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“We make people wait an unconscionable long time while we decide if we’ll admit them; we have no plan for providing them with housing or health care; and then we make it exceedingly difficult for them to practice the professions for which they are trained.”theline.substack.com/p/andre…
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Jen Gerson: Wishing for a healthcare system that lets me breathe on my children on The Line theline.substack.com/p/jen-g…
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Just up at The Line this morning, our first dispatch from Ukraine, by @NeilPHauer: On the Polish border, the men are getting their families to safety, and then going back to fight for their country. theline.substack.com/p/dispa…
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FYI: Kevin Newman was invited to reply, but is otherwise engaged, and was content to leave the response to the criticisms of his work to the piece linked to above.
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Today at The Line: Who will Kenney blame next if Keystone XL fails. By @maxfawcett theline.substack.com/p/max-f…
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Today at The Line: A Q&A with @aaronreynolds -- the creator of notorious, swearing birds deemed a bad influence to Americans. theline.substack.com/p/q-and…
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Today at The Line: I helped author the Firewall Letter. An equalization referendum is dumb. By @KenBoessenkool theline.substack.com/p/ken-b…
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NO scripts! NO sets! NO sobriety!
Come join The Line live for drinks and chatter as the results of the #CanadaElection2021 roll in! piped.video/xLRdL7py3Xo
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The Line -- Kristin Raworth: Expanding MAID without expanding supports just encourages suicide theline.substack.com/p/krist…
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Just a reminder: We are always looking for new writers -- especially people who disagree with us and/or might not come from a traditional journalism background. Pop us a line: lineeditor@protonmail.com
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Today at The Line: Now that parliament is back, let's continue where we left off. @rjjago Thinks it's a good thing that WE shut down its Canadian operations. theline.substack.com/p/rober…
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The Line -- Jen Gerson: The Liberals, masters at winning themselves to death theline.substack.com/p/jen-g…
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Sign up for your free (or paid!) account today at ReadtheLine.ca, just to piss this unimaginative reply guy off.
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A perfect kind of crisis for our Prime Minister, by @mattgurney. theline.substack.com/p/matt-…
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Jen Gerson: In Defence of Naivete -- On CBC snitch lines, media flame wars, and rejecting the Path of the Troll.
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See thread below for exciting news about our latest project.
Very happy to announce that The Line is rolling out a new podcast — “On The Line” — in which either Jen or yours truly will do a longer-form interview with someone who is in the news or an expert in something topical (or fun)!
Up first: @AHousefather
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On the morning we learn that Canada has called off its evacuation effort in Afghanistan, this newly published article by @ldobsonhughes hits hard. theline.substack.com/p/laure…
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