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Kate Puddister

@katepuddister.bsky.social
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Associate professor, political science at the University of Guelph. Police oversight, criminal justice policy, law and politics. www.katepuddister.com

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🇨🇦 CPSA ACSP 🇨🇦 @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
L'appel à propositions #CPSA_ACSP27 est lancé ! ⏰ 10 nov 26 Découvrez les collègues derrière le programme — et envoyez-leur vos travaux ! 📍 UC-B-Vancouver-CAN/26-28 mai 27 mycpsa-cpsa-acsp.ca/cfp/cfp_inde... @kariroberts.bsky.social @katepuddister.bsky.social @profsmithsask.bsky.social
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 30/08/2026
Sent off a 180,000 word book manuscript for peer review today, titled "Canada's Unwritten Constitution: Political Foundations and the Limits of Law" Was great writing this with @plagasse.bsky.social. (Might be the best scholarly work I've ever produced, but we'll see what the peer reviewers say!)
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
SIU no longer investigates most off-duty sex assault complaints. Advocates fear fewer people will come forward www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
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SIU no longer investigates most off-duty sex assault complaints. Are police picking up the slack? | CBC News
The number of police-involved sexual assault complaints reviewed by the Special Investigations Unit has been declining since 2021, data analyzed by CBC News shows. Researchers say changes to the Ontar...
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 17/07/2026
Very cool to see my latest chapter out, with @katepuddister.bsky.social, on provincial constitutional unilateralism and weak federal powers. Thanks to the editors for the invite to write!
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Opinion | Cops keep getting accused of sexual crimes. Why should women ever trust them? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Elizabeth Renzetti: Cops keep getting accused of sexual crimes. Why should women ever trust them?
Too many police officers in Canada are being accused of misconduct, from sexual harassment and assault to using police resources to stalk women.
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University of Guelph News @uofguelphnews.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
#UofG | Dr. Kate Puddister, professor in the Department of Political Science, spoke with CBC News about how and why crime is a "salient political issue." @katepuddister.bsky.social @uofgpolisci.bsky.social
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Liberals claim to be the party of law and order now. Inside the party's about-face on crime | CBC News
After years of criminal justice reform that included a lighter touch for some offenders, the federal Liberal government has done an about-face over the last year and enacted stricter policies to tamp ...
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Liberals claim to be the party of law and order now. Inside the party's about-face on crime www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Liberals claim to be the party of law and order now. Inside the party's about-face on crime | CBC News
After years of criminal justice reform that included a lighter touch for some offenders, the federal Liberal government has done an about-face over the last year and enacted stricter policies to tamp ...
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Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill University @rgcs-mcgill.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
New book: _Disciplinary Divides in the Study of Law and Politics_, University of Toronto Press coedited by @emmettmacfarlane.com and RGCS alum @katepuddister.bsky.social PhD '15 See full contents here: utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
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Disciplinary Divides in the Study of Law and Politics - University of Toronto Press
This book studies the "disciplinary divides" between law and political science, including conceptual, methodological, and normative differences in how each field approaches policy, institutions, and legal phenomena.
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Check out my latest with @daniellemcnabb.bsky.social! In this article we examine the sentencing of police officers and how it relates to police accountability.
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Check out @emmettmacfarlane.com’s post on our new book!
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I am pleased to contribute a chapter to the book with Carissima Mathen (as she then was) on the Canadian reference power. In the chapter we discuss our shared perspectives on the reference power and our unique approaches to the topic based on our disciplinary training. I hope you check it out!
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Thrilled that our new book is out! This collection features scholars from the fields of law and of politics in conversation with each other and writing together. The work makes a unique and important contribution to the field.
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Any time! You know I love a good vent session.
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Congratulations pal! You will be great.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
New from me at TVO: the allegations in Project South call for a root-and-branch effort to reform policing in Ontario. www.tvo.org/article/anal...
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ANALYSIS: We need to rebuild policing in Ontario — from the ground up | TVO Today
The fallout from Project South can’t be limited to small tweaks. Police governance in this province needs an overhaul.
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
“More than 600 RCMP officers faced gender-based violence disciplinary charges since 2014.” Valuable data provided by Julie Ireton and her team at the CBC and featuring insight from my research partner @daniellemcnabb.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
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More than 600 RCMP officers faced gender-based violence disciplinary charges since 2014, CBC analysis finds | CBC News
A CBC investigation of RCMP disciplinary records reveals hundreds of cases of alleged gender-based violence by members. Through a series of access requests, CBC received more than 10 years of discipli...
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Another awesome collaboration with my pal @emmettmacfarlane.com. So excited for this book to come out!
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 30/01/2026
The Spring/Summer UTP catalog is out! Page 27 is lookin' goooood. @uoftpress.bsky.social utppublishing.com/pb-assets/bo...
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 12/01/2026
The book is dedicated to the memory of the late Peter H. Russell, the godfather of Canada's law and politics subfield, and features a Foreword by Supreme Court Justice the Honourable Malcolm Rowe.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 12/01/2026
Our book, "Disciplinary Divides in the Study of Law and Politics" will be out in late summer/early Fall. It's my 9th book (6th edited), and features an amazing group of political scientists and legal scholars in conversation. Check out the Table of Contents here: utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
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Disciplinary Divides in the Study of Law and Politics - University of Toronto Press
This book studies the "disciplinary divides" between law and political science, including conceptual, methodological, and normative differences in how each field approaches policy, institutions, and legal phenomena.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 12/01/2026
I see the publisher has a marketing page up for my next edited book - with the amazing @katepuddister.bsky.social - so I'm thrilled to be able to publicly share the (very cool) cover:
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
This study confirms existing research on supervised consumption sites.
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Crime rates near Toronto’s supervised drug consumption sites dropped A recent study revealed supervised drug consumption sites in Toronto have not led to an increase in crime – in fact, most rates dropped or even declined. www.thestar.com/news/gta/con...
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Crime rates remained stable — and sometimes dropped — near Toronto supervised consumption sites, study finds
Study published in JAMA Network Open tracked rates of assault, auto theft, break-and-enter, robbery and theft over $5,000 from 2014 to 2025.
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Marsha McLeod @marshamcleod.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
“With this change at the legal level — and if media follows suit — we end that implication that this could somehow be entertainment," said Kalyn Danco, associate general counsel with @cdnchildprotect.bsky.social, referring to how the term "pornography" can connote an entertainment purpose.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 31/12/2025
Bad cops prey on the public – and their fellow officers. To stop them, we must break the culture of silence | Mukund Krishna
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Bad cops prey on the public – and their fellow officers. To stop them, we must break the culture of silence | Mukund Krishna
The rape and murder of Sarah Everard by an off-duty officer should have led to cultural change. Without it, neither communities nor officers are safe, says Mukund Krishna, chief executive of the Police Federation of England & Wales
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Opinion | Liberals’ ‘Protecting Victims Act’ restores failed policies while eroding fair trial rights www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Liberals’ ‘Protecting Victims Act’ restores failed policies while eroding fair trial rights
Bill C-16 ("Protecting Victims Act") is a classic example of legislative overreach — a package of constitutionally vulnerable measures prioritizing political optics over the practical realities of our...
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Daniel Béland @danielbeland.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
The McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC) is now accepting applications for the Eakin Visiting Fellowship in Canadian Studies for the 2026/2027 academic year. The deadline is January 30, 2026: universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
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Search Jobs - University Affairs
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Ontario jails set to hit overcrowding record as bail reform looms, data shows CBC analysis finds 85% of incarcerated women in Ont. are on remand — a rate higher than for men www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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How a 'tough on crime' push collides with more overcrowding in Ontario jails | CBC News
Ontario jails are heading toward a record year for overcrowding, remand populations and lockdowns just as politicians debate bail reforms that could lead to a further influx of accused behind bars, da...
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Danielle McNabb @daniellemcnabb.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Pleased to share my new article in Canadian Public Administration (available open access)! I examine how the administration of interveners at the Supreme Court of Canada has evolved since 1878. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The History and Administration of Third‐Party Interventions at the Supreme Court of Canada
This article presents a descriptive account of how the administration of third-party interventions at the Supreme Court of Canada has evolved since 1878. Although there has been an explosion of inter...
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Important work here by @uofgpolisci.bsky.social postdoc scholar Dr. Dax D'Orazio: Leaked police recording offers 'a slice of the culture,' researcher says: www.sootoday.com/local-news/l... @uofguelphnews.bsky.social
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Leaked police recording offers 'a slice of the culture,' researcher says
'Those guys are untouchable': Recording of a comedy roast obtained by a researcher contains audio of police cracking jokes about sexual harassment, trumped-up charges and destroying evidence
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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
6-3 Supreme Court Canada ruled inmates can challenge refusal to transfer them to lower security prison. Denying transfer to lower security institution can be a deprivation of liberty. #Habeascorpus protections apply to protect prisoners 'residual liberty.' #scc #prisons
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 06/11/2025
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Parliament could easily draft a Charter-friendly mandatory-minimum law. So why reach for the notwithstanding clause?
The reaction to a Supreme Court case involving child pornography has been completely untethered from the reality of the judges’ decision
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 27/09/2025
My op-ed, in today's Toronto Star, on the notwithstanding clause. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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When governments trample on our rights, the courts must be free to weigh in. Full stop
Invoking the so-called notwithstanding clause doesn't prevent judicial review, despite what some provincial leaders might say.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 17/09/2025
So pleased that my 8th book (5th edited collection) is finally out! This one brings together a great group of political scientists and legal scholars examining institutional relationships surrounding rights, in Canada and other parliamentary democracies. utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
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Rights and Parliamentary Systems in Canada and Beyond - University of Toronto Press
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
All good
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
PhD ‘16 :)
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NPR @npr.org · 19/08/2025
A range of crime data has been going around to make the argument that Washington, D.C., is — or isn't — safe. We talk to crime experts to make sense of it all. n.pr/45Kyiyg
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D.C.'s crime numbers are all the buzz. But how do we interpret them accurately?
A range of crime data has been going around to make the argument that Washington, D.C., is — or isn't — safe. We talk to crime experts to make sense of it all.
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UofG Department of Political Science @uofgpolisci.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Featuring insight from Dr. Dax D’Orazio, post-doctoral fellow at the University of Guelph: Examining political extremism in Canada ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/07/10/q...
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Examining political extremism in Canada in the wake of the alleged anti-government militia plot in Quebec
A look at political extremism in Canada in the wake of an alleged plot involving a militia to take over a portion of Quebec City.
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Our paper too!
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I am pleased to share that my research on police oversight with Danielle McNabb @daniellemcnabb.bsky.social was awarded funding in the latest round by SSHRC. brocku.ca/brock-news/2...
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Research into police oversight agencies part of Brock’s $7M in SSHRC grants
One of the most common crimes civilian police oversight agencies investigate is sexual assault committed by police officers — a “profoundly disturbing, largely hidden problem in Canada,” says Danielle...
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Canada’s ‘jail not bail’ trend: 4 ways to support victims theconversation.com/canadas-jail...
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Canada’s ‘jail not bail’ trend: 4 ways to support victims
While high-profile bail cases tend to dominate media coverage, policy on criminal and legal matters must be guided by evidence, not headlines.
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Marsha McLeod @marshamcleod.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
My latest ⬇️ www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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Manitoba’s lack of effective police oversight sidesteps scrutiny of law enforcement, say advocates for change
Nearly a decade ago, the death of a 41-year-old Anishinaabe man named Stacy DeBungee ignited a reckoning in Thunder Bay around long-simmering suspicions that municipal police officers were not adequat...
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
New from me: an Alberta judge is proposing new guidelines for deciding who gets Gladue reports after rejecting a convicted robber’s claims to Indigenous identity. Really interesting decision that grapples with Indigenous identity fraud edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/a...
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Alberta judge rejects robber's Indigenous identity claims, proposes test for deciding who should and shouldn't get Gladue reports
An Alberta judge is proposing new guidelines for how courts handle people who say they are Indigenous during sentencing hearings — but don't have proof to back up their claims.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/05/2025
Since a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd in 2020, the number of people killed by the police each year has continued to rise — and Black Americans are still killed in disproportionate numbers. Our data reporter explains his findings. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...
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Marsha McLeod @marshamcleod.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I've spent the last few months writing about a young man named Conor Rae who, just weeks away from his high school graduation, was shot by an RCMP officer in Portage la Prairie on May 24, 2023. There was a lot to be said and we hope you'll give it a read. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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Police bullets and subsequent IIU investigation leave trail of troubling questions in wake of teen’s death in Portage la Prairie
After two years, Tara and Kaylan still cannot comprehend how their mild-mannered homebody son, who didn’t cause them any problems or get into trouble at school, who’d never interacted with the police ...
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Shauna Hughey @shaunahughey.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Very excited to announce a new research note with @daniellemcnabb.bsky.social in the Canadian Journal of Political Science: Where Have the Women Gone? An Exploratory Study of the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund's Shifting Advocacy. bit.ly/4iVWkuB
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Where Have the Women Gone? An Exploratory Study of the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund's Shifting Advocacy | Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique | Cambr...
Where Have the Women Gone? An Exploratory Study of the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund's Shifting Advocacy
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
In case you’d like to read something not about the election, I wrote about a Supreme Court case pitting Edmonton police against federal prosecutors, over EPS’s contention a provincial law clearing an officer’s misconduct record after five years doesn’t apply to criminal prosecutions.
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Supreme Court case pits prosecutors against Edmonton police over disclosing officer misconduct records
Edmonton police and federal prosecutors wrangle over whether police can refuse to disclose certain misconduct records of officers testifying.
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Jim Kelly @james-kelly.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
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What do the Donner Prize nominees ask of the next prime minister?
The Globe and Mail asked the shortlisted authors to identify a pressing problem the future Canadian leader must address
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Kate Puddister @katepuddister.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
No room for misinformation on drug policy www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/edit...
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Opinion: No room for misinformation on drug policy
Even as the Conservative Party of Canada falls further behind in public opinion polls, its leader is intent on using Trump-like tactics of misinformation and fearmongering to disparage Canada’s illici...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 03/04/2025
Concerning New Study Finds Nation’s Poverty Growing Faster Than Officials Can Build Prisons theonion.com/concern...
Concerning New Study Finds Nation’s Poverty Growing Faster Than Officials Can Build Prisons
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