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About Dale Smith

Dale Smith is a freelance journalist in the Parliamentary Press Gallery and author of The Unbroken Machine: Canada's Democracy in Action (released March 2017).

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Where are Carney’s appointments?

April 19, 2026

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What Carney’s majority moves will look like

April 15, 2026

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Where are the limits in Carney’s “pragmatism”?

April 12, 2026

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Pierre Poilievre’s magical money tree

April 7, 2026

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Senators push back on omnibus budget bills

April 5, 2026

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Avi Lewis underestimates the scale of the challenge ahead of him

April 1, 2026

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The government’s new election bill is a good start

March 28, 2026

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Smothering CORE before it becomes a problem

March 24, 2026

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What enforcing the Canada Health Act means

March 22, 2026

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Where has our bold new Senate gone?

March 18, 2026

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The phantom Iranian menace

March 15, 2026

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Poilievre’s LNG delusions

March 10, 2026

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No tears for the interim PBO

March 8, 2026

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The hockey furor and the superiority of constitutional monarchy

March 4, 2026

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Poilievre’s warmed-up leftovers are not a new policy direction

March 1, 2026

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Conservatives declare open season on asylum claimants

February 24, 2026

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