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How Aaron Gunn Riles Foes in a Coastal Riding
As the Conservative pokes and ducks Indigenous and progressive voters, emotions boil. A Tyee special report.

Sifting the Rubble After Rebel News Worked the Election Debate
What happened behind the scenes as an uproar cancelled the post-debate scrum.

'He Wants to Take a Blowtorch to the Welfare State'
Martin Lukacs’s new book takes a hard look at Poilievre’s agenda, how Liberals shaped the current moment and what the left needs to do next. A Tyee Q&A.

Six Policy Areas Where Poilievre Mirrors Trump
Taken together they would radically change Canada to reflect what’s being imposed in the US.
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