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A Noble Departure

The lost art of standing down

Campaign Literature

Displaying Trudeau's charm and empathy—which might not be enough

Liberal Interpretations

Making sense of Justin Trudeau and his party

Mel Watkins

Mel Watkins is a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. McGill-Queen’s University Press recently published Staples and Beyond: Selected Writings of Mel Watkins, edited by Hugh Grant and David Wolfe. He remains a political activist, most recently as a member of the Maher Arar Support Committee.

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Mel Watkins

Growing Up Communist

A political thinker recalls his unsettling Toronto upbringing in a Stalinist home. December 2004