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Ontario Liberal leader Steven Del Duca sits down with The Journal

Written on February 9, 2021. Posted in News.

Over the next year, Steven Del Duca will be trying to climb the Ontario Liberal party out from the basement. After losing 38 legislative seats along with official party status in the 2018 election—holding just eight of the 124 seats by the end of the vote—the party’s new leader is preparing to hop...

School of Policy Studies brings Bob Rae to campus

Written on November 15, 2019. Posted in News.

Drawing from his own political career, former Ontario premier Bob Rae visited Queen’s on Thursday to give a talk on minority governments. Hosted by the Queen’s School of Policy Studies on Nov. 14 and introduced by Professor Keith Banting, Ontario’s 21st premier Bob Rae brought his knowledge of the...

Blackface is never acceptable. Trudeau should have known better.

Written on September 24, 2019. Posted in Editorials.

Justin Trudeau’s choice to don blackface on several occasions was racist and unacceptable. The instances also illustrate a privilege the prime minister failed to recognize, even into adulthood. Apologizing for these actions isn’t enough—Trudeau needs to listen to the communities his actions have...

Q&A: Ontario Liberal leadership candidates talk student issues

Written on September 17, 2019. Posted in News.

The Journal spoke with four candidates for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party to ask about OSAP, the Student Choice Initiative, advocacy for low-income students, and sexual violence on campus. Here’s what the leadership hopefuls said: These interviews have been edited for clarity. Will...

Visiting campus, Scarborough MPP criticizes conservatives’ economic outlook report

Written on November 23, 2018. Posted in News.

Former Minister of Education Mitzie Hunter said provincial cuts have a price in a visit to campus on Monday with former Kingston MPP Sophia Kiwala. Hunter, MPP for Scarborough-Guildwood, was responding to the Fall Economic Outlook released by the Ford government on Nov. 15. The statement featured...

In defense of a 15 dollar minimum wage

Written on September 21, 2018. Posted in Columns.

This coming January, Ontario is set to join Alberta, New York and California in increasing its minimum wage to $15. In 2017, Maclean’s reported 8.9 per cent of Ontario’s workforce are minimum wage employees—more than any other province in the country. Despite this large proportion of minimum wage...

Gord’s faith, Trudeau’s promises and the Liberal Party’s funding cap of 1996

Written on September 27, 2016. Posted in Opinions.

Whether you watched it from your couch, or live right here in Kingston, Canadians everywhere will fondly remember The Tragically Hip’s emotional farewell. The iconic hometown performance that wrapped up the Man Machine Poem tour was hailed as a symbol of our national identity and a staple in our culture....

Letter to the editor: October 30

Written on October 30, 2015. Posted in Opinions.

The new government has some real work to do, but so do we. The Liberals have made the incredible promise to renew the relationship between Canada and Indigenous Peoples. As Machiavelli insinuated, campaign promises are made to be broken, and repairing Canada’s history of cultural and socioeconomic...

Death of the political centre

Written on January 22, 2013. Posted in Opinions.

Recently Canadian politics was presented with the beginning debates of those running for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. The inevitable discussion on where the Liberal Party is heading in the coming weeks, months and years will follow. This discussion is the definitive ground for why...

QJPolitics: It's all in a name

Written on November 19, 2012. Posted in Lifestyle.

David Hadwen is QJBlogs’ Political Columnist. He’s a fourth-year history major with a specific interest in American Politics. Follow him on Twitter @David_Hadwen. Nobody seriously doubted that Justin Trudeau would run for the leadership of the Liberal party. Now that the race is underway, few seriously...

Trudeau stops by

Written on October 18, 2011. Posted in Features.

Justin Trudeau concluded his Ontario university tour with a visit to Kingston on Friday. Trudeau visited St. Lawrence College and Queen’s during his day-long tour with Kingston and the Islands’ Liberal Member of Parliament Ted Hsu. “It’s a great opportunity for students to get to know Canadian politics,”...

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Ontario Liberal leader Steven Del Duca sits down with The Journal

School of Policy Studies brings Bob Rae to campus

Blackface is never acceptable. Trudeau should have known better.

Q&A: Ontario Liberal leadership candidates talk student issues

Visiting campus, Scarborough MPP criticizes conservatives’ economic outlook report

In defense of a 15 dollar minimum wage

Gord’s faith, Trudeau’s promises and the Liberal Party’s funding cap of 1996

Letter to the editor: October 30

Death of the political centre

QJPolitics: It's all in a name

Trudeau stops by

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