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2026-08-19 · National Post

Thomas Caldwell: Defend Canada’s proud history from debasement

🔮 I posed the question to a Jewish friend at lunch recently: “If one removed the history of the Jews, where would you be?” assertive

2026-08-20 · National Post

Jean-Christophe Jasmin: Christian event unfairly blocked by former Quebec minister

🔮 The state may infringe upon these rights only in rare cases and within strict limits established by case law, such as a violent situation. assertive

2026-08-21 · National Post

Michel Maisonneuve: Canada must defend the North to keep it

🔮 How will we react when adversaries transit these “internal” waters? assertive

2026-08-25 · National Post

Mike Fegelman: Iran is losing the war. Canada must help ensure the regime cannot rebuild

🔮 Tehran believed it could attack Israel through proxies and would therefore be immune from attack while simultaneously advancing its atomic program as a nuclear threshold state and threatening Western interests, all while serving to insulate Iran from the consequences of its nefarious actions. assertive

2026-08-25 · National Post

Robin Skies: Canada, let’s keep a cool head in this trade battle

🔮 It is normal to get angry and respond negatively to a perceived injustice, especially when that injustice is perpetrated by someone you would have regarded as a friend. assertive

2026-08-26 · National Post

Robert Brym: Yes, anti-Zionism is antisemitic

🔮 It includes non-legally binding illustrative examples of what might constitute antisemitism, including, “Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination.” assertive

2026-08-26 · National Post

Anthony Furey: Canada should seize the moment and embrace AI data centres

🔮 One of the most pressing questions facing the Canadian public right now is one that most people will have never been asked before, which is: are we techno-optimists? assertive

2026-08-27 · National Post

Stephen Nagy: U.S. trade deal dead until Canada stops being the ‘Ugly Ally’

🔮 At his Davos 2026 address, Carney drew a false equivalence between the U.S. and China, suggesting Canada could somehow float above the fray as a neutral middle-power broker. assertive

2026-08-27 · National Post

Opinion: Anti-Zionists minimize antisemitism on Canadian campuses

🔮 Yet, they did not care to explain how professors teaching courses unrelated to the Middle East might think it was a good idea to assign a podcast arguing that Zionism was similar to Nazism, or spend weeks discussing Gaza and the creation of the State of Israel, repeatedly referring to it as a “Zionist political project.” assertive

2026-08-28 · National Post

David Clement: Counter-tariffs will hurt Canadians more than they’ll hurt Trump

🔮 So when this new round of crop of counter-tariffs takes effect on Sept. 8, we can expect that at least some of the costs will be passed on to Canadian consumers. assertive

2026-08-28 · National Post

Matthew Taub: Ottawa threatens sanctions on Israeli settlements without testing them legally

🔮 Wine is not unique, it is simply a useful example because settlement-produced wine has already been tested in Canadian courts Canada has dealt with precisely such wines before, the resulting Canadian litigation concerned how they could be labelled, not whether Canadians were prohibited from buying them. assertive

2026-08-28 · National Post

Moumen Al-Natour: In Gaza, demilitarization and deradicalization must go hand-in-hand

🔮 U.S. special envoy Jared Kushner recently said that Gaza will not be rebuilt until it’s demilitarized. assertive

2026-08-31 · National Post

Jack Jedwab: The seeds of today’s efforts to excuse antisemitism were planted 25 years ago in Durban

🔮 There was a sense that history would be made. assertive

2026-09-03 · National Post

Interior design: A new angle on tile

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2026-09-03 · National Post

Yuan Yi Zhu: Carney’s contemptuous jaunt to EU Parliament before Canada’s

🔮 When Germany invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King reacted by immediately recalling Parliament, which was not due to sit for another months, and ask for its blessing before declaring war on Germany. assertive

2026-09-03 · National Post

Josh Dehaas: A Carney oil blockade would be playing with fire, even if constitutional

🔮 The Constitution Act of 1867 assigns all matters that governments may regulate exclusively to either the provinces or the feds, and provides a residual power to Parliament to “make laws for the peace, order, and good government of Canada, in relation to all matters not coming within the classes of subjects by this act assigned exclusively to the legislatures of the provinces.” It’s not always easy to assign a matter exclusively to one level of government. mixed

2026-09-04 · National Post

OPINION: Candidates running in Ontario’s municipal elections must keep added costs on new homes low

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2026-09-04 · National Post

John Carpay: Hamilton mayor, police violate Charter in crusade against anti-immigration group

🔮 The mayor and police in Hamilton, Ont., have decided that some Canadians have the wrong kind of opinions and should not be allowed to rent public facilities. assertive

2026-09-06 · National Post

Matt Bufton: Can the NFL save society?

🔮 We may not want to talk about our feelings, but we probably have an opinion on whether the Seahawks should have run the ball from the one-yard line in Super Bowl XLIX. assertive

2026-09-06 · National Post

Adam Legge: Albertans should fight for a better deal, but separation is not the way

🔮 Staunch supporters of separation focus on what a sovereign Alberta could gain: more control over its laws, its resources and its future. assertive

2026-09-06 · National Post

Eva Kuper: Universities have a role to play in combating hate

🔮 I hope they will think as well about the kind of person they intend to become. assertive

2026-09-07 · National Post

Barry Appleton: Trump’s demands to change our laws must be rejected

🔮 He still confirms that American negotiators had questions about online streaming rules, and he listed “digital trade alignment” among the things a deal would contain. assertive

2026-09-08 · National Post

Toronto condo developer launches $10M lawsuit against online critics, alleging a ‘malicious campaign’

🔮 Ontario’s Ministry of Labour said in a statement to the Post that it could not provide any details as the investigation is ongoing. mixed

2026-09-08 · National Post

How often should you clean your fridge to keep food bacteria away?

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2026-09-08 · National Post

Freedom of information? Here’s what Ontario’s government doesn’t want you to know

🔮 Freedom-of-information (FOI) legislation was originally meant as a tool the public could use to ask for specific government records, with a goal of making government more accountable and open. assertive

2026-09-09 · National Post

John Williamson: Israel booth drops out of Saint John Culturefest due to safety concerns

🔮 In June, this group “asked” the organizers of the festival to “reconsider the participation of the Israeli Zionist Group” stating that it would be “wise and responsible” and that failing to do so “risks further harm to community relations and public safety.” assertive

2026-09-09 · National Post

Andrew Bennett: Trump’s consideration of pathway for Canadian Jews fleeing hate shames us all

🔮 After watching the rise in hate crimes targeting our country’s Jewish citizens, U.S. President Donald Trump has hinted that he might be open to creating a special immigration program for Jewish-Canadians fleeing antisemitism. assertive

2026-09-09 · National Post

Born on 9/11: Canadians turning 25 mark a day of both happiness and mourning

🔮 Both will turn 25 on Sept. 11. assertive

2026-09-10 · National Post

‘THERE’S BEEN A TRAGEDY’: The untold history of Canada’s 9/11 response

🔮 They convinced Chrétien there would be time for that tomorrow. assertive

2026-09-10 · National Post

Jeffrey Herf: ‘Nakba’ exhibit is a direct assault on historical truths

🔮 Historians such as Efraim Karsh in his book “Palestine Betrayed” and Yoav Gelber in “Palestine 1948: War, Escape and the Emergence of the Palestinian Problem” have demonstrated that many thousands left their homes, some at the urging of Arab leaders, in expectation that the Arab states would soon invade and destroy the new Jewish state. assertive

2026-09-10 · National Post

Catherine Kronas: My experience shows parents can fight back against woke school boards

🔮 During that time, I challenged the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board’s (HWDSB) authority to impose its will on our school council. assertive

2026-09-11 · National Post

Jay Nyandak: I was a child at 9/11. I survived and so did my mother, thanks to fate

🔮 She said she would. assertive

2026-09-11 · National Post

‘Total exhaustion’: How a Gander college campus jumped in to help plane passengers on 9/11

🔮 At 1 p.m., the Town of Gander’s emergency services called Moss, asking if the campus could accommodate incoming planeloads of passengers by providing shelter, first aid and food. assertive

2026-09-11 · National Post

Mark Milke: Why the Islamist challenge to the West is so terrifying

🔮 Anyone old enough to recall 9/11 will remember the horrific images: People jumping from the Trade Center towers to escape the flames; people fleeing lower Manhattan to escape the two towers before and after their collapse; firefighters, police, and a Franciscan friar who perished, carried away by those who survived. assertive

2026-09-11 · National Post

Sheryl Saperia: 25 years on, what would bin Laden see?

🔮 On this anniversary, I can’t help but wonder what Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind those infamous terrorist attacks, would make of the world today. assertive

2026-09-12 · National Post

Canada’s young entrepreneurs are fleeing south. We need to keep them here

🔮 Boosting investment could help keep Canadian innovators at home, building successful businesses here. assertive

2026-09-12 · National Post

How much protein do we actually need? Here’s another food we should be maxxing instead

🔮 “We kept thinking over the last 10 years that the fad would soon diminish, and it hasn’t,” King said. assertive

2026-09-12 · National Post

Howard Levitt: Olivia Chow owes Toronto’s Jewish community some answer

🔮 We judge politicians by their words, their actions, the causes they champion, the people whose approval they seek, those they are willing to offend and, most importantly, what they do when “doing the right thing” carries political costs. assertive

2026-09-13 · National Post

Rob Breakenridge: Pierre Poilievre ably makes the case for Canada, in America

🔮 They are instead concurrent events that reveal what it looks like when a leader knows he’s losing a trade war — and when another may be finding his feet. assertive

2026-09-13 · National Post

Aviva Klompas: Palestinians deserve the dignity of accountability

🔮 Canada’s decision, Carney said, was predicated on commitments from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to fundamentally reform Palestinian governance, hold general elections in 2026 in which Hamas could play no part and demilitarize a future Palestinian state. assertive

2026-09-13 · National Post

Geoff Horsman: How Canada’s federal research grants have normalized deceit

🔮 Canada may well have chosen an ideology. assertive

2026-09-14 · National Post

Rod Phillips: Hosting the Investment Summit matters. What comes next matters more

🔮 This morning, some one hundred of the world’s most consequential investors will meet in Toronto for the first-ever Canada Investment Summit. assertive

2026-09-15 · National Post

Geoffrey Moyse: How UNDRIP is fuelling the ‘land back’ movement in B.C.

🔮 What many may not understand is that UNDRIP has been the “holy grail” of the activist Aboriginal movement in Canada, and particularly in British Columbia, for many years. assertive

2026-09-15 · National Post

On the map: Kerr Village Towns fill ‘missing middle ground’ in South Oakville

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2026-09-17 · National Post

James Stranko: Dear Canada, Americans still love you but please stop insulting us

🔮 But consider this week, when the Barenaked Ladies will perform “O Canada” at the Buffalo Bills home opener. assertive

2026-09-17 · National Post

Sylvain Charlebois: While Canada fights Trump, Mexico is preparing to eat our lunch

🔮 If Mexico signs first while Canada remains embroiled in a tariff dispute with Washington, the consequences could extend well beyond automobiles and metals. assertive

2026-09-18 · National Post

Homes: Planning a renovation? Expand your imagination at the 2026 Fall Home Show, Oct. 2 to 4

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2026-09-19 · National Post

Bryan Brulotte: Canada is entering a new era of nationalism

🔮 The trade confrontation with the United States, the Canada Investment Summit in Toronto and Europe’s remarkable proposal for a new relationship with Canada may appear to be separate developments. assertive

2026-09-19 · National Post

‘Israel is safe’: The Druze Israeli telling Canadians to come visit

🔮 They may be worried about the security situation … but I know they want to go. assertive

2026-09-20 · National Post

Opinion: A clarion call for Canadians to stand against Jew hatred

🔮 For three years, this country’s Jewish community has been hoping that Canadians will stand up and refuse to accept the continued, virulent and persistent vilification of Jews, thinly disguised as anger at the current Israeli government or anti-Zionism. assertive

2026-09-20 · National Post

Michael Guglielmin: Canada must create more attractive business conditions to compete with the U.S.

🔮 American consumers and manufacturers will feel some pressure as inputs and prices rise, while Canada’s smaller, export-dependent economy takes the harder hit. assertive

2026-09-20 · National Post

Conrad Eder: Does the government prioritize hiring competent workers?

🔮 Neither will be evaluated merely by ability, education and experience. assertive

2026-09-20 · National Post

Opinion: Canada must confront the Kremlin’s agents at home

🔮 The new long-term Canada-Ukraine partnership will expand co-operation on the joint production of drones, counter-drone technologies and priority munitions. assertive

2026-09-20 · National Post

The etiquette of location sharing: Who gets to keep tabs on you? And when do you turn it off?

🔮 It used to be that one could make bad choices largely in private, but in today’s world of location sharing, there are few secrets. assertive

2026-09-22 · National Post

Marty York: Carney has only doubled down on Trudeau’s Israel failures

🔮 In fact, Carney has publicly reiterated what previous Liberal prime minister Justin Trudeau pledged: that he would arrange for the arrest of the Israeli leader if the latter set foot in Canada. assertive

2026-09-22 · National Post

Peter MacKay: Mark Carney must ignore Trump’s baiting and get back to the table

🔮 Beyond name calling, memes and renaming lakes, further fall out may ensue based on the enthusiasm of Prime Minister Carney for becoming best friends with benefits of the European Union. assertive

2026-09-22 · National Post

‘These are your neighbours’: Jim Balsillie gives $4.5M to food banks

🔮 At $4 a loaf, $3 million could buy bread for 15,000 households every week for 50 weeks. assertive

2026-09-24 · National Post

Josh Dehaas: B.C. realtor defends his free speech against intrusive regulatory body

🔮 In the letter, the BCFSA called Chivers’ comments “polarizing,” “inflammatory” and “discriminatory,” and cautioned that his words could bring the real estate industry into disrepute. mixed

2026-09-24 · National Post

Joseph Quesnel: High-speed rail should not come at the expense of property rights

🔮 Under the framework, which was enshrined in law with the passage of the High-Speed Rail Act earlier this year, Alto could potentially expropriate private property along the proposed route without first trying to purchase it from owners. assertive

2026-09-25 · National Post

Iddo Moed: The hero of Belleville represents what Canada should stand for

🔮 For the Belleville synagogue, it remains to be seen if Israel and anti-Zionism, the most common excuse for such events, will emerge as cause or attempted justification. assertive

2026-09-25 · National Post

Avideh Motmaen-Far: Ottawa must not ignore the crimes perpetrated against the Iranian people

🔮 This weekend, Canada will present its national statement at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. assertive

2026-09-26 · National Post

Jeremy Geddert: Conservative leadership elections aren’t conservative enough

🔮 Unlike the American House majority, Liberal MPs could not deflect responsibility for a bad executive to voters. assertive

2026-09-26 · National Post

David Clement: Importing the EU’s migration problems would be near impossible

🔮 Even Pierre Poilievre bundled the prospect of the visa-free travel and labour mobility with Europe’s migration issues suggesting that Brussels could have a say over Canadian immigration policy. assertive

2026-09-26 · National Post

After Canada stopped using solitary confinement, it made an exception for these prisoners

🔮 The rules say solitary confinement should only be used “in exceptional cases as a last resort” and should be “prohibited in the case of prisoners with mental or physical disabilities when their conditions would be exacerbated by such measures. assertive

2026-09-27 · National Post

Kevin Paquette: The Parti Québécois forced a necessary immigration debate

🔮 From the very start of the Quebec election campaign, Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon made it clear that immigration would once again be one of the defining issues. assertive

2026-09-27 · National Post

It’s not OK to use your speakerphone in public, says almost everyone. ‘It’s not all about you’

🔮 “What we find is that when our staff reminds customers about the courtesy element, people will comply. assertive

2026-09-28 · National Post

Geoffrey Moyse: Eby is responsible for B.C.’s problems, not Trump

🔮 Cynical as it may be, it is a shrewd political pivot by a failing premier to hide all the enormous problems created by his government behind an anti-Trump election campaign. assertive

2026-09-29 · National Post

TD executive sues after being fired for adding Christian symbol to her email signature

🔮 “As a senior employee in a leadership position, the Plaintiff was expected to model compliance with TD’s policies, not to defy them. mixed

2026-09-30 · National Post

Ontario hospitals owed private banks $70 million last year — and one wasn’t sure it could even keep operating

🔮 CEO Andrew Williams said the institution continues “to focus on minimizing debt servicing costs wherever possible” while focusing on patient care. assertive

2026-09-30 · National Post

Interior design: Levelling up

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2026-10-01 · National Post

Opinion: Canada Post should be given a mandate to protect our digital sovereignty

🔮 Canada has faced moments before when the country’s economic security could not safely be left entirely to market forces or foreign capital. assertive

2026-10-01 · National Post

John Goddard: Mississauga ISIS supporters tried to slaughter entire family who knew too much

🔮 His body, even in his twenties, was taking on the pudgy shapelessness that would become characteristic as he grew older. assertive

2026-10-02 · National Post

Lord Ashcroft: Conservatives have work to do to unseat Carney

🔮 Yes, Mark Carney and Donald Trump have more in common than either of them would thank you for pointing out. assertive

2026-10-03 · National Post

Chris Sankey: Trump isn’t responsible for the well being of British Columbians

🔮 In that same news conference, Premier Eby announced a $15-million commitment to attract medical professionals from the United States, meaning the cost of the election will keep rising if the NDP is returned to power on high spending promises. assertive

2026-10-04 · National Post

Peter Jon Mitchell: Declining married families across Canada means children will become rarities

🔮 The sharpest decline occurred between 2016 and 2021, which may have been pandemic driven. assertive

2026-10-04 · National Post

Cynthia Yacowar: Anti-Israel rallies on October 7 may be legal. They are also morally intolerable

🔮 The university subsequently announced that the event could not proceed as planned, citing “significant safety and operational concerns” — not illegality. assertive

2026-10-05 · National Post

Kevin Paquette: The PQ wants a referendum? Quebec barely functions as a province

🔮 Today, Quebecers will be called to the polls to elect their next government. assertive

2026-10-05 · National Post

The human brain is always multitasking. That doesn’t mean we’re good at it

🔮 Riesenhuber, along with Patrick Cox, an assistant professor of psychology at Lehigh University, led a study published this year in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience that tested whether practice could make a new task automatic. assertive

2026-10-07 · National Post

For Israelis, sexual atrocities of October 7 carry a long shadow

🔮 The new research will examine the longer-term impact of trauma and the needs that remain unmet. assertive

2026-10-08 · National Post

Alan Kessel: Anand couldn’t bring herself to say ‘Israel’ or ‘terror’ in statement about Flydubai attack

🔮 If the investigation establishes that the passengers were targeted because they were Israeli or Jewish, their identity will not be some incidental detail. assertive

2026-10-08 · National Post

Rob Huebert: New Greenland security deal offers hope for a reasonable defence agreement with the U.S.

🔮 The first is the new restriction barring states or investors which are not members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), or NATO partners or European Union members from controlling, significantly influencing or accessing non-public information unless the parties are that the “activities of such states or investors would not constitute a threat to national security or public order.” assertive

2026-10-12 · National Post

Kate Marland: Tearing down B.C. Human Rights Tribunal should be only the start

🔮 But if early polls are to be trusted, it seems like Lorne Doerkson’s hastily assembled coalition of the willing is poised to potentially rise like a phoenix from the ashes and form government. assertive

2026-10-14 · National Post

Opinion: Canada Labour Code changes are not an attack on workers’ rights

🔮 Recommended Videos Not only does Bill C-39 stand on a solid constitutional footing, we believe it could in fact — under certain circumstances — go further to protect the national interest. assertive

2026-10-16 · National Post

OPINION: Why a sustainable and predictable housing market should be our goal

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2026-10-17 · National Post

‘Now is not a time to tremble’: Casey Babb’s Moral Case for Zionism

🔮 I felt like if I wrote a book just on anti-Zionism, I might be putting the cart before the horse, because if you’re going to talk about anti-Zionism, in my view, you first have to talk about Zionism, what it really means, what it represents, and what it has achieved and continues to achieve for the Jewish people. assertive

2026-10-18 · National Post

Opinion: Catholic hospitals shouldn’t be forced to secularize

🔮 Faithfulness means nurses and doctors in these hospitals will not perform abortions. assertive

2026-10-19 · National Post

Country properties for sale

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2026-10-23 · National Post

Barry Appleton: Ottawa must not tolerate Meta’s new commercial terms

🔮 On Oct. 30, every Canadian business that has a Facebook page, Instagram account or WhatsApp Business line will be deemed to sign a contract without actually ever signing anything. assertive

2026-10-23 · National Post

Vivian Bercovici: After three years of war, exhausted Israelis head to the polls next week

🔮 Netanyahu’s coalition partners were determined to re-imagine the judiciary and quasi-constitutional framework of the country in a manner that would give the elected representatives in the Knesset absolute control over all branches of government and, tellingly, the judiciary. assertive

2026-10-23 · National Post

Interior design: Curating curves

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2026-10-23 · National Post

Kate Marland: Mud-slinging Eby attempts to cancel his opposition

🔮 As we wrap up a month of what has the potential to be one of the biggest missteps in British Columbia, or Canadian, political history, it bears examining whether David Eby’s attempt to position himself as a modern day Joseph McCarthy dedicated to rooting out thought criminals from his opposition will be ultimately effective. assertive

2026-10-24 · National Post

Collin May: Ottawa is betting on a Europe that no longer exists

🔮 St-Pierre Plamondon will lead a minority government, five seats short of a majority, and has promised to wait until Donald Trump leaves the White House in January 2029 before holding a sovereignty referendum. assertive

2026-10-25 · National Post

Patrice Dutil: Quebec’s next lieutenant governor should be a soldier, not a symbol

🔮 Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon has vowed to defund the office of the lieutenant governor, said he will seek legal advice on keeping the Crown’s representative out of the opening of the legislature and has promised to cut Quebec’s ties to the monarchy. assertive

2026-10-25 · National Post

Opinion: Toronto’s problem isn’t boomers. It’s ‘us versus them’ politics

🔮 Work, save, take a risk, start a company, buy a home, raise a family; the expectation held that effort might lead somewhere and that children could inherit better prospects than their parents. assertive

2026-10-26 · National Post

Bronwyn Eyre: How USask tried to ruin a man’s career for questioning critical race theory

🔮 It’s the story of one student, but it could be any student at any North American university. assertive

2026-10-28 · National Post

On the map: A new view of renting in Hamilton

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2026-10-28 · National Post

Marty York: Motion will urge creation of antisemitism task force at TMU law school

🔮 Last month, the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) did not agree to a formal request from 10 lawyers who wished to add to their Annual General Meeting (AGM) agenda a motion that could have revoked accreditation from Toronto Metropolitan University’s (TMU) Lincoln Alexander School of Law. assertive

2026-10-29 · National Post

Opinion: EU-Canada summit a historic opportunity to promote transparent AI

🔮 Based on a leaked draft “EU-Canada Joint Summit Statement,” much progress is expected to be made at the summit in areas such as defence and security, critical resources and digital research and communications technologies. assertive

2026-10-29 · National Post

OPINION: Budgeting for a renovation? Remember to price in what you can’t see

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2026-10-30 · National Post

Warren Mirko: Not helpful for B.C. Indigenous leader to declare ‘war’ on common sense policies

🔮 As the incoming B.C. Conservative government prepares to deliver on its promise to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, stated this week that doing so would be a “declaration of war.” assertive

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