Jen Gerson
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Harry and Meghan are coming to Canada — and this Canadian is chuffed
The couple's mere presence would give Canada a degree of added prestige, attention and social capital. → Read More
Justin Trudeau’s Anemic Victory
Sure, he eked out a “win.” But it shouldn’t have even been a fight. → Read More
Why a Tweet About 'Uneducated' Voters Angered So Many People
An Ottawa law professor described Conservatives as the “party of the uneducated" reinforcing the longstanding narrative as the Liberals being the party for elites. → Read More
Canadian Politics Aren’t Cute. They’re Corrupt.
The scandal surrounding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shows just how cozy the country’s elite really is. → Read More
Canada’s media bailout will weaken trust in journalism. We should reject it.
No important company can ever be allowed to fail in Canada. This maxim applies, too, to its media. → Read More
Jian Ghomeshi may have a platform, but he shouldn’t get a pass
Had Ian Buruma done his job, Ghomeshi's essay would have read very differently. → Read More
Groping accusations puncture Justin Trudeau's brand
In his bid to craft these woker-than-thou progressive credentials, Trudeau has raised the bar beyond the level that he could meet. → Read More
Canada buying the Kinder Morgan pipeline is not the problem
For years, Canada has been subject to an organized environmental campaign to strangle its oil sands by turning the pipelines that serve them into a climate-change totem. → Read More
Jen Gerson: Sears Canada’s legacy: private profits and socialized losses
While Sears' shareholders pocketed payouts of $3.5 billion, the chain's pension plans remained underfunded to the tune of $270 million → Read More
The holy and uncorrupted arm of St. Francis Xavier is crossing Canada for a two-week tour
The relic of St. Francis Xavier, whose body lies in Goa, India, will be viewed and venerated by tens of thousands of Catholics as it makes its way from St. John’s to Victoria → Read More
Anne Applebaum on Soviet famines, Ukrainian independence and Donald Trump
The Pulitzer-winning author's new book, Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, was released earlier this year. She spoke to the Post's Jen Gerson → Read More
Jen Gerson: Happy New Year: 2018 is going to be even worse
Mass shootings, refugee crises and American politics — 2017 was grim, but the 12 months ahead will probably be darker still → Read More
Jen Gerson: Perhaps what Trudeau really needs is an etiquette commissioner
The Aga Khan controversy isn't a sign of corruption so much as the naïveté evoked by a life insulated by wealth, power and celebrity → Read More
Christmas company, ranked: The people you’ll spend the holidays with from least to most inviting
Managing the holidays is really a test of one's ability to manage these interlopers → Read More
Jen Gerson: United Conservative Party house leader was wrong, but it didn’t hurt his party
There is no dispute that Nixon, then a 25-year-old small businessman who clearly feared the loss of business, did the wrong thing → Read More
Jen Gerson: Why you shouldn’t leave your kids alone with YouTube
Only a click away from dancing bears learning colours and numbers are nightmarish versions of popular animated characters → Read More
Calgary to remove public art installation after U.K. artist finds out her photo was filched
The photos appear to be taken from promotional materials from a 2015 Edinburgh festival, yet the installation seems to imply they might be homeless residents of the underpass → Read More
Jen Gerson: Can Rachel Notley win over Calgary business?
If she can stress traditional party support for the working class people — like the ones working in the energy sector — this will go over well at home → Read More
Jen Gerson: On Calgary’s Olympic bid, economists say run away — fast
CALGARY — Calgary earned itself some dignity recently by refusing to kowtow to the Flames in the ongoing negotiations to build a new hockey arena, but whatever self-respect it may have earned risks being squandered as the city decides whether to move forward with a bid to host the 2026 Olympics. City council will vote Monday on whether to approve another $2 million in funding to further the bid… → Read More
Jen Gerson: All public art is bad public art. In Calgary, this is more true than anywhere
There is one really easy way to get the public back on board with public art; and that's to stop hiring foreigners who are just reproducing the latest pedestrian, faddish art school crap → Read More