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Later this summer, white supremacists will hold a rally in Washington to mark the one year anniversary of the infamous Charlottesville demonstration. Ugh. Today in The Conversation Canada, Cynthia Levine-Rasky of Queen’s University looks at the fear by racist groups of a “white genocide” – the notion that the “white race” is dying. It’s been a rallying cry for white supremacists for more than a century.
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that a state can require sales taxes from companies with no physical presence in the state. Ivan Ozai of McGill University explains how the ruling could have an impact in Canada, where our federal government has sent mixed signals on digital taxation.
And finally…summer in Canada means it’s forest fire season, especially in Western Canada. Cecilia Sierra-Heredia of Simon Fraser University tells us about how children in the West have been breathing severely polluted air from wildfires over the last few years – and how the pollution can have serious, lasting effects.
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Aug. 12, 2017: white nationalist demonstrators use shields as they guard the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va.
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Cynthia Levine-Rasky, Queen's University, Ontario
White supremacists push an agenda that have their followers believing they are in danger of extinction. But their 'race suicide' ideas are based on 100-year-old unscientific and racist research.
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As consumers shift to online shopping and new businesses increasingly focus investments on digital products and services, governments around the world need to update old tax rules to avoid losing tax revenue.
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Ivan O. Ozai, McGill University
As Canada’s federal government sends mixed signals on digital taxation, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a historic precedent and paves the way for other countries to tackle the digital economy.
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Fire burns the hillsides along Highway 129 near Lake Berryessa in Yolo County, California, on July 3, 2018.
(Randall Benton/The Sacramento Bee via AP)
Cecilia Sierra-Heredia, Simon Fraser University
And wildfires rage along the West Coast of North America, parents should know the impact on their children's health, and how to protect them.
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Politics
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Mark Garnett, Lancaster University
The prime minister had managed to get her cabinet to agree on a Brexit plan, but who are the political winners and losers?
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Culture + Society
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Leah Ruppanner, University of Melbourne; David J. Maume, University of Cincinnati
While women's sleep is affected by children, men's sleep is affected by work and finance stress. Couples living in more gender equal countries have improved sleep quality.
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Environment + Energy
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Sean Avery, University of Leicester
Lake Turkana's status as a World Heritage Site hasn't protected it from environmental threats.
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