Tarek Fatah

LATEST STORIES BY TAREK FATAH

FATAH: Should Will Smith have been charged?

Cynics may argue that the Will Smith slap on Chris Rock was a staged event meant to renew interest in the Oscars, which has seen years of declining viewing figures.

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March 30, 2022 Columnists

Will Smith holds his award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for "King Richard" as he attends the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 27, 2022.

FATAH: Here's why Trudeau-Singh deal is good for Canadians

The uproar among my conservative friends over the Justin Trudeau / Jagmeet Singh deal that should give the Liberals a chance to govern the country until 2025 in exchange for NDP support in the Commons reminds me of the chaos that came with the introduction of universal healthcare in Saskatchewan in the 1960s by the then CCF (today’s NDP) by Premier Tommy Douglas.

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March 23, 2022 Columnists

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh meets with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Nov. 14, 2019.

FATAH: Tears for Kyiv but none for Kabul

If one were to rely on just the mainstream media, one would be left with the distinct impression that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was the only conflict on Earth while elsewhere in the world the tragedy of war was simply part of our ‘uncivilized’ culture and heritage.

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March 16, 2022 Columnists

Rescuers remove debris from a building damaged by shelling in central Kharkiv on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

FATAH: My open letter to Vladimir Putin

Dear Vladimir Putin,

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March 9, 2022 Columnists

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, March 3, 2022.

FATAH: The racism inflicted on refugees fleeing Ukraine

While the media and politicians in much of Europe and North America patted themselves as they gushed over their lofty values of compassion, generosity when compared to those of the brute Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, they chose to be largely blind to the raw racism that was being exhibited against Africans and Asians in Ukraine.

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March 2, 2022 Columnists

Ukrainian refugees queue to file for residency permits at Prague's foreigner police headquarters on March 2, 2022 in Prague, Czech Republic.

FATAH: Is the U.S. now trying to demonstrate its powers post-Afghanistan?

President Joe Biden has imposed economic sanctions on Russia to “prohibit new investment, trade, and financing by U.S. persons to, from, or in the breakaway Ukrainian republics of Donetsk and Luhansk”. These are regions now recognized by Russia as independent countries.

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February 23, 2022 Columnists

U.S. Army soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division, deployed to Poland to reassure NATO allies, drive HMMWV (Humvee) vehicles towards an airbase, near Arlamow Poland, February 23, 2022

FATAH: The problems underlying Chief Sloly's 'resignation'

Did we just witness the unfolding of a mutiny in our capital? Was the removal of Police Chief Peter Sloly a reflection of Canada’s very own “colour line” as described by the Black American sociologist and historian W. E. B. Du Bois?

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February 16, 2022 Columnists

Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly speaks to journalists during a news conference on Friday.

FATAH: The 'Freedom Convoy' is a farce

A confession is in order. I just cannot put my head around the so-called Freedom Convoy that is holding the Canadian capital hostage to a band of brigands armed with heavy-duty commercial trucks.

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February 9, 2022 Columnists

A trucker carries a gas canister with "Freedom of Choice" written on it, as truckers and supporters continue to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates, in Ottawa, Feb. 9, 2022.

FATAH: America is provoking war in Ukraine

Trust the United States to create conditions for a war when none exists. Despite Ukraine insisting that it did not face an invasion by Russia, America is insisting that Moscow intends to do just that.

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February 2, 2022 Columnists

An Ukrainian serviceman attends in a dugout on the frontline with the Russia-backed separatists near Avdiivka, Donetsk region, on February 2, 2022.

FATAH: A death sentence over a WhatsApp post

Pakistan has done it again. A 26-year-old Muslim woman has been sentenced to death on the spurious charge of committing blasphemy.

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January 26, 2022 Columnists

A Pakistani supporter of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), a hardline religious party, holds an image of Christian woman Asia Bibi during a protest rally following the Supreme Court's decision to acquit Bibi of blasphemy, in Islamabad on November 2, 2018.

Tarek Fatah

LATEST STORIES BY TAREK FATAH

FATAH: Should Will Smith have been charged?

FATAH: Here's why Trudeau-Singh deal is good for Canadians

FATAH: Tears for Kyiv but none for Kabul

FATAH: My open letter to Vladimir Putin

FATAH: The racism inflicted on refugees fleeing Ukraine

FATAH: Is the U.S. now trying to demonstrate its powers post-Afghanistan?

FATAH: The problems underlying Chief Sloly's 'resignation'

FATAH: The 'Freedom Convoy' is a farce

FATAH: America is provoking war in Ukraine

FATAH: A death sentence over a WhatsApp post

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