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StevenStaples @StevenStaples

Policy analyst, researcher and author l 647 327-7187

Joined January 2009
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Health groups across Canada sign open letter to Carney, Health Minister demanding action on Alberta's Bill 11 - Medicine Hat NewsMedicine Hat News ⁦@HealthCoalition⁩ medicinehatnews.com/news/loc…

Health groups across Canada sign open letter to Carney, Health Minister demanding action on...

zmason@medicinehatnews.com An open letter signed by ten Canadian health coalitions is calling on the federal government to respond to Alberta’s law enabling dual practice in the province. The...

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My latest Substack looks at what is happening in the Caribbean and Canada’s role peacequest.ca/p/kill-everybo…

“Kill everybody.” Will Canada be dragged into Trump’s potential war crimes?

Controversial attacks in the Caribbean could have a Canadian connection

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The @HealthCoalition Newsletter: healthcoalition.ca/4-things-… #budget2025

4 things you need to know about health care in the federal budget

Cuts, broken promises, and missed opportunities for health care in Carney's first budget

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How accurate is Netflix’s “A House of Dynamite”? I asked @davidpugliese
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Here is the conversation open.substack.com/pub/steven…
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How accurate is House of Dynamite’s depiction of a nuclear crisis? We asked an expert

Watch now | Journalist David Pugliese reviews the new Netflix #1 movie

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How would PM Carney repond? peacequest.ca/p/trumps-next-…

Trumps next target: Canada’s Arctic?

How would PM Carney respond?

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Take a closer look! peacequest.ca/p/what-you-nee…

What you need to know about Trump’s Golden Dome threat

A guide to Canada’s involvement in America's space weapons plan

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That PBO report is alarming open.substack.com/pub/steven…

Why are we letting NATO bankrupt Canada?

PM Carney’s spending plans are “unsustainable,” says PBO

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2 Sep 2025
Mark Carney is embarking on the biggest military spending hike since WW2. Policy analyst @StevenStaples joins @DesmondCole to explain who stands to lose and who to win (hint, it’s mostly the weapons lobby). breachmedia.ca/more-weapons-…

More weapons, fewer public services: Carney’s military spending bonanza ⋆ The Breach

Policy analyst Steve Staples explains why Carney’s historic military spending hike will only benefit weapons lobby

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Gutted by this! Unacceptable. Federal health minister non-committal on signing more pharmacare deals nationalnewswatch.com/2025/0… #nationlnewswatch via @natnewswatch

Federal health minister non-committal on signing more pharmacare deals

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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My latest Substack. open.substack.com/pub/steven…
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Provinces and territories that have not joined the new national universal pharmacare program are missing out on hundreds of millions of dollars in potential federal funding for cash-strapped public health care services. @ccpa @StevenStaples 1/6
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Guess what the new price tag is? open.substack.com/pub/steven…
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CBC reveals draft deal includes space weapons #cdnpoli peacequest.ca/p/canada-close…

Canada closer to joining Golden Dome in secret talks

CBC learns deal includes space weapons

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I'm proud to have worked with Canada's first astronaut, Marc Garneau. In 2007 colleagues and I joined with Marc to meet with MPs to press for a Canadian Space Strategy. He gave a brilliant presentation, reminding Parliamentarians that Canada was the third nation to be in space.
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A vocal advocate for international cooperation, what would he would have thought of Canada being in discussions with the Trump Administration for the Golden Dome, and scheme that will break the taboo and put weapons in space for the first time?
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My latest Substack open.substack.com/pub/steven…
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My thanks to @natnewswatch for carrying my latest column #cdnpoli nationalnewswatch.com/substa…
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Contributed a comment to award-winning journalist @SoniaSAslam
Cdn Health Coalition
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"The new minister needs to be someone who is collaborative but not afraid to get tough sometimes.” - @stevenstaples #cdnpoli vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/0…
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