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A seven-year-old transgender boy is photographed amid some trees in dark silhouette.

When the notwithstanding clause becomes a political weapon

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Homer Simpson’s gun and the notwithstanding clause

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To think out loud: what can policy commissions achieve?

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The notwithstanding clause needs more nuanced debate

No supporters waving Canadian flags. Two women in the foreground raise their arms in the air.

Women and Quebec sovereignty: The missing half of the Yes vote

A pickup truck displays a modified Alberta provincial flag with the word "Republic" added and an upside-down Canadian flag crossed out with a "prohibition" symbol.

Quebec as a model – and a warning – for Alberta’s independence movement

American, Canadian, and Quebec flags fly side by side.

The American factor in Quebec’s independence debates

Supporters of Quebec independence wave Quebec flags and make victory signs during a rally in support of sovereignty in Montreal in 1995.

Dreaming again of Quebec independence: Can the Parti Québécois turn a revival into reality?

Fiscal federalism

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Investing in institutions: getting more out of federalism

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Energy prices, equalization and federalism

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Reimbursement federalism: democratizing cooperative federalism for the 21st century

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Federalism in a new century: the willingness to dare

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A time for courage and conviction in foreign policy

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Asymmetric federalism

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The new federalism

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Pan-Canadian provincialism – the new federalism and the old Constitution

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Paul Martin’s sugar-daddy federalism, donating to a favoured cause – health care

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Federalism in the Information Age: from the division of powers to citizen-centred government

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Watertight federalism seals both ways

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An elected Senate: key to redressing the democratic deficit, revitalizing federalism

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Conseil de la fédération : du réflexe de défense à  l’affirmation partenariale

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Letter from Iraq: From dictatorship to democracy – uniting diversity in the tent of federalism

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Will Martin touch our new economic Constitution?

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