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Lessons I Learned After Moving Back to Canada
What adjusting back to Canadian culture taught me about humility, adaptation, and letting go of past assumptions.
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Doug Ford's Hiding Records, Transparency and FOI Changes
Ontario's new budget bill shields politicians from public records requests. Here's what you need to know.
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Nice Is Not the Same as Good
We've been confusing niceness with goodness. Understanding the difference might be the most important political lesson of our time.
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What Doug Ford and Viktor Orban Have in Common
Ontario's Premier and Hungary's ousted PM are so-called populists. Understanding what that label really means could change how you vote.
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Canada's Job Market Is Breaking Me
I applied to hundreds of jobs in Canada over four months, got 8 interviews, and zero offers. Here's what that silence is teaching me.
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What Facebook's News Ban Taught Canadians
Facebook blocked Canadian news to avoid paying journalists. Why that backfired, what Bill C-18 actually does, and why you should care.
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Canada & Finland's Bold New Alliance: What It Means for Us
Canada and Finland just made a major defence pact, pledging 5% GDP on security, Arctic deals, and AI partnerships.
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Maple MAGA and the Alberta Delusion
Why Albertans embrace Maple MAGA, separatism, and anti-Ottawa anger, and how history, oil, media, and algorithms fuel the divide.
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What a Week in America Taught Me
Visiting parents during one of most turbulent moments. What I found on the other side with respect to belonging, safety, and other observations.
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Hungary Chose Europe, and We Noticed
Peter Magyar's supermajority win over Orban could dismantle a decade of democratic erosion and reshape the EU.
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Trump Accidentally Made Canada Stronger
Canada spent decades calling America its closest ally. It took a bully to show us what that friendship actually cost.
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After living abroad for years, I'm back in Canada, writing about Canadian & US politics, current events, & personal growth.
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