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Guest column: Dangerous game to obey authoritarians in advance

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A conga line of anticipatory obedience greeted the president-elect’s threat of a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian imports.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford was first in line with a preemptive sacrifice, proposing to cut Mexico out of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico-Agreement.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced an immediate “pause” on the private sponsorship of refugees.

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67

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20

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semi-formal

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English

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