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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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Welcome to the trade war, Mark Carney. You’re only a year-and-a-half late.

August 27, 2026

Canada
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The disturbing trend of delegitimizing elections

August 23, 2026

Canada
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Alberta setting the stage for a dual practice showdown

August 21, 2026

Alberta
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Carney’s incoherent climate math

August 16, 2026

Canada
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Poilievre’s fantasyland negotiations

August 12, 2026

Canada
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Sanitizing the Conservative “infighting”

August 10, 2026

Canada
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Carney has an opportunity to do the right thing and end the RCMP

August 6, 2026

Canada
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The narratives of crime and police powers

August 4, 2026

Canada
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Looking for their tax points and transfers too

July 29, 2026

Canada
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How did Mark Carney become a worse communicator than Justin Trudeau?

July 26, 2026

Canada
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Avi Lewis’ surefire irrelevance strategy

July 23, 2026

Canada
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Carney’s Pathways capitulation shows how he’s the industry’s puppet

July 19, 2026

Canada
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Jason Kenney’s Nice History of Canada

July 14, 2026

Alberta
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The incoherence of Carney’s Senate appointments

July 12, 2026

Canada
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How do you placate a fiction?

July 8, 2026

Alberta
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Canada Day should have been a wake-up call for Carney

July 4, 2026

Canada
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