Globe and Mail
Chinese dissident arrives in Canada after fleeing homeland by dinghy: ‘I knew I needed to keep going’
Dong Guangping, a Chinese human-rights activist who endured repeated imprisonment for his work, finally reached Canada after a harrowing decade-long escape that included crossing open water by dinghy. The Toronto arrival marks the end of a years-long ordeal that saw him persecuted by Chinese authorities for his activism. His case underscores the extreme lengths dissidents must go to escape one of the world's most aggressive authoritarian regimes.
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CBC Politics
Why is it so much easier to ditch a prime minister in the U.K. than in Canada?
Britain has churned through roughly half a dozen prime ministers in the past decade, while Canada's ostensibly similar Westminster system has produced far greater leadership stability. Though Brexit triggered the revolving door at 10 Downing Street, structural differences in how each country's parliamentary parties select and remove their leaders explain the divergence. Canadian MPs face higher institutional barriers to ousting a sitting prime minister, making leadership challenges significantly harder to execute.
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