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This Week's Round-Up: April 1, 2026

Trump Tests the Limits of American Power in Iran

In a world of predatory hegemons, military superiority no longer guarantees strategic advantage

BY MICHAEL IGNATIEFF

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American behaviour is so self-harming that something strange may be in play in Washington. We may be watching a predator masking its retreat from global responsibilities with a display of hyper-aggressive behaviour which hides from itself the collapse of its own confidence and imperial resolve. A nation whose national security strategy recently warned Europe of “civilizational erasure” may actually fear its own.

All the more reason to grasp that if predation has its limits, if even predators need rules for the jungle, then it is time for them all to sit down and figure out how to keep the nemesis of power from consuming each of them in turn. The problem is who takes the lead.


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Avi Lewis Takes Over a Diminished NDP. Can He Make It a Force Again?

With just a handful of MPs and no official status, the party must rebuild from scratch

BY ALEX COOL-FERGUS

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After Intense Lobbying, Carney Allows Gas-Powered Data Centres in Alberta

Energy firm pushed federal officials to scale back clean-electricity rules tied to AI sector

BY TAYLOR C. NOAKES

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How Alberta’s Separatist Movement Could Shake North America

The resentments, politics, and risks behind their push to leave Canada

BY CHRISTOPHER HERNANDEZ-ROY, RANDY BOISSONNAULT

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Manitoba Moves to Outlaw Algorithmic Pricing—a First in Canada

The bill would ban using personal data to charge customers different prices for the same goods

BY CARMINE STARNINO, VASS BEDNAR 

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A Veteran Reporter Recalls Her Most Challenging Assignments

Michelle Shephard has written from Guantánamo, Somalia, and Sudan. How does she cope with the violence she uncovers?

BY NATHAN WHITLOCK, MICHELLE SHEPHARD

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Ontario Schools Are Getting More Violent. Don’t Blame the Kids

Ford’s Conservatives have spent the last eight years stripping the education system of resources

BY KUNAL CHAUDHARY

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I Flew Across the Country to Look at the Most Controversial Work of Art in Canada

Why did the Art Gallery of Ontario change its mind on acquiring Nan Goldin’s Stendhal Syndrome?

BY ARIELLA GARMAISE

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The Doctor Behind One of Canada’s First MAID Deaths Speaks Out

Ian Ball was among the earliest to administer the procedure. He recalls the anxiety ten years later

BY KEVIN ANDREW HESLOP

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