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Two Corporate Empires Carved Up Canada's Daily Press in a Single Afternoon
The 1981 Kent Commission documented how Thomson and Southam divided cities, drew 76 percent returns, and put seven provinces under chain rule.
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How Five Words in the Margin Ended Ottawa's Ban on the SS
Declassified Deschênes Commission records show how Ottawa lifted automatic exclusions on Nazi veterans, leaving only the Gestapo barred.
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Keith Penner’s Committee Told Ottawa to Dismantle Indian Affairs Within Five Years
In October 1983, a unanimous House report found Ottawa spent $250 million administering reserve poverty and urged dissolving the department entirely.
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In 1962, Every Chartered Bank in Canada Combined Issued Exactly Two Home Mortgages
In October 1962, the Porter Royal Commission uncovered how an obsolete statutory interest rate ceiling drove private banks out of housing and forced…
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Forty-Two Died in the Cranbrook Crash. Then Federal Investigators Shredded the Files
In May 1981, Justice Charles Dubin revealed how Transport Canada omitted pilot error, defied subpoenas, and shredded the Cranbrook crash records.
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Rosalie Abella Counted 1,639 Top Managers at Ottawa's Crown Corporations. 61 Were Women.
In October 1984, a royal commission coined "employment equity," proved voluntary hiring had failed, and forced Parliament to write a new law.
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Ottawa Left CP Rail to Police Its Own Dangerous Cargo Until 240,000 People Were Evacuated from Mississauga
In December 1980, Justice Samuel Grange reported that federal transport regulators had spent a decade deferring to railway profits instead of mandating…
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The Canola Industry Began With Half a Seed
How five surviving seeds became the genetic foundation of Canadian canola.
Sep 20
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The Azure Blackout Froze Corporate Networks Around the World. Canadian Seniors Never Missed a Payment.
Canada's largest IT transformation just survived a global blackout. The Benefits Delivery Modernization is only halfway done.
Sep 13
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800 Students in 1969. 10,000 by 1982. The Report That Asked Canadian Universities If They Were Ready and Didn't Like the Answer
In 1976, Ottawa sent Dr. E.R. Daniels across Canada to ask universities if they were ready for Indigenous students. They were not.
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The Fifth Standing Committee: A Mother’s 1,619-Day Wait for an Online Harms Law
MPs heard testimony on social media’s toll on Canadian kids. A mother who buried her daughter says Parliament keeps making words instead of action.
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Canadian Women Earned 87 Cents for Every Dollar Men Earned in 2023. Canada Filed That Fact With the United Nations.
The Canadian Human Rights Commission told the UN in 2024 that Canadian women earned 87 cents per dollar and the machinery of equality had stalled.
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