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Althia Raj
@althiaraj
"It’s Political" podcast host/producer, National columnist @TorontoStar, “At Issue” panellist on @CBCTheNational, and on “The Bridge” every second Tuesday.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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    Althia Raj
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    May 29, 2025
    My fourth time writing a long read wrap of a federal election campaign. None are the same. Thank you to everyone who spoke to me. Let me know what you think.
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    Toronto Star
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    May 29, 2025
    #StarExclusive: Pierre Poilievre’s campaign was faltering — but Mark Carney’s was vulnerable too. The inside story of how the Conservatives and Liberals both fumbled the 2025 federal election. A three-part series with 100-plus interviews with insiders. trib.al/JAsi6tM
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    Althia Raj
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    Sep 20, 2022
    I feel very privileged to live in a country where the most controversial thing to have happened today is footage of the prime minister singing on Saturday night with a Quebec icon in the lobby of a hotel while in London for the Queen’s funeral. #perspective
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    Althia Raj
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    Jan 31, 2022
    Trudeau says he won't meet with the protestors because he doesn't agree with their goals, their hateful rhetoric, the violence shown towards fellow citizens and the disrespect to frontline workers.
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    Althia Raj
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    Feb 7, 2022
    Where is the prime minister?
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    Althia Raj
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    Nov 11, 2025
    This is what the policy is designed to encourage you to do, i.e. bring and reuse your own bags 🙃
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    Andrea Micieli
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    Nov 11, 2025
    This is my type of rebellion
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    Althia Raj
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    Feb 17, 2023
    This attack of CBC journalists is unacceptable. It will likely create a chill in newsrooms across the country, no doubt what the Conservative leader wants. I worked at CBC early in my career and CBC president doesn't tell CBC journalists what to cover or how to cover it.
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    Althia Raj
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    Mar 4, 2025
    Trudeau says he was holding out hope that the tariffs were a negotiation ploy to court investment in the U.S., but now he believes that Trump’s goal is a total collapse of the Canadian economy so that he can “annex” Canada. Trudeau adds that this will never happen.
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    Althia Raj
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    Nov 4, 2022
    "The Charter of Rights and Freedoms, cannot become a suggestion," Trudeau says.
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    Althia Raj
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    Feb 9, 2022
    My latest: I wish more Liberal MPs had Joël Lightbound’s courage #cdnpoli thestar.com/politics/polit… via @torontostar
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    Althia Raj: I wish more MPs had Joël Lightbound’s courage
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    Althia Raj
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    Feb 13, 2022
    There are words for this.
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    Coalition Against More Surveillance
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    Feb 13, 2022
    Replying to @CAMSOttawa
    This is OPP pretty much cheering these people on as they get to ‘Ottawa’. “Wait till you get there 😏” “I get what you guys are doing” “I support you guys 100%” Cops are not here to keep people safe. /2
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    Althia Raj
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    Jun 3, 2022
    Both Ontario Liberal and NDP leaders quit.
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    Althia Raj
    @althiaraj
    Sep 7, 2021
    So some big news for me. I'm really excited to share that I'm joining the stellar team at @TorontoStar I'll be writing #cdnpoli columns and doing a few other neat stuff, you'll be sure to hear about. (Thanks already to the team for a very warm welcome!)
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    Veteran political journalist Althia Raj joins the Star
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    Althia Raj
    @althiaraj
    Nov 23, 2021
    Very sidebar comment. Our Governor General has purple hair and I love it.
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    Althia Raj
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    Sep 10, 2022
    I'm struck today by how Pierre Poilievre will likely emerge leader tonight, after campaigning to defund the CBC, while the public broadcaster shows us (and during times like these) precisely why it is valuable.