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Notes on the Occupation 3: A radicalized Conservative party as chaos agent

Posted on February 6, 2022 by bhaggart

Posting these in order to work through my thinking on what is clearly becoming something that will go down in the history books, for good or ill. Writing in the Toronto Star, Canada’s most insightful political columnist, Chantal Hébert, warns … Continue reading →

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Truckers, Nazis and the battle for the Conservative Party’s soul

Posted on February 1, 2022 by bhaggart

The past weekend’s FluTruxKlan gathering in my hometown of Ottawa had the feeling of a breaking point for the country. To read and see pictures and videos of Nazi flags paraded openly, of Canadian flags desecrated by swastikas, of soup … Continue reading →

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