Tarek Fatah

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FATAH: Islamist terror reaches new milestone

Barely a day passes when news of terror committed by radical Muslims does not make the headlines. Wednesday morning was no exception, as news flashed of a blast on an army bus in the Syrian capital Damascus, killing 14 people, the deadliest bombing in the Syrian capital in years. The attack by Islamists on Damascus was quickly followed by army shelling in rebel-held Idlib, which resulted in the death of another 12 people.

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October 20, 2021 Columnists

Syrian security forces stand guard as the charred bus is removed from the site of an early morning attack on an army bus targeted with explosive devices, in the capital Damascus on October 20, 2021.

FATAH: PSWs remain underappreciated

Until three months ago, the acronym ‘PSW’ was to me just another abbreviation. It was only when my partner Nargis returned home after a near-death experience that involved a month of emergency care at St. Michael’s Hospital and another at a rehabilitation centre, that I first really met a personal support worker.

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October 13, 2021 Columnists

Area high school students interested in pursuing a career as a personal support worker can get ahead start on their training by registering for a program offered by the Lambton Kent District School Board.

FATAH: Turkey's ambitions clash with Iranian sovereignty

While the rest of the world is distracted by the news of the Taliban pushing Afghanistan back into the dark ages, another conflict is brewing elsewhere in the Muslim world, this time pitting Turkey’s Ottoman Caliphate dreams against rival Iran.

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October 6, 2021 Columnists

Iranians find themselves isolated and under threat of having their land trade links with Europe cut off.

FATAH: It's time to stand up to Chinese imperialism

When Canada and the United States surrendered to China’s recent hostage diplomacy, celebrations in Beijing over the return of Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou showed they saw at something of a, in Chairman Mao’s words, “Great Leap Forward.”

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September 29, 2021 Columnists

Former diplomat Michael Kovrig and his wife Vina Nadjibulla react following his arrival on a Canadian air force jet after his release from detention in China, at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Sept. 25, 2021.

FATAH: A $600-million much ado about nothing

Justin Trudeau rolled the dice seeking to crown himself with the legitimacy of a popular prime minister, betting $600 million in the gamble. Except for the fact, he didn’t have to and the money was not his to spend.

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September 22, 2021 Columnists

Canada's Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gestures as he greets supporters, after the Liberals won a minority government, at the Jarry Metro station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 21, 2021.

FATAH: Canada needs truth in politics -- the Liberals aren't providing it

As we enter the last stretch of a national election that no one asked for other than Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his bid to rule with a parliamentary majority, it seems the Liberal leader’s ambitions are facing a setback.

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September 15, 2021 Columnists

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces a federal election, outside Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, August 15, 2021. REUTERS/Blair Gable

FATAH: Only the NDP is standing up for Canada's needy right now

The many videos of Toronto’s homeless being forcibly removed by law enforcement from their tent dwellings in public parks stands out in sharp contrast to the news that, one year into the COVID-19 pandemic that has upended the lives of millions of people in this country, Canadian billionaires have increased their wealth by $78 billion.

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September 8, 2021 Columnists

Jagmeet Singh, leader of the New Democratic Party, speaks about affordable housing during election campaign stop at Sinclair Park in Winnipeg, Aug. 26, 2021.

FATAH: Canada's health-care system works

The recent squabble among the Liberals and Conservatives over our health-care system may have been academic for most Canadians, but for my family, it played out while my wife was being given a fresh lease on life by the physicians and nurses at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto.

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September 1, 2021 Columnists

The emergency exit at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto is pictured in this Aug. 14, 2016 file photo.

FATAH: Terrorist Taliban are not 'our brothers'

If there was any evidence needed to turf out Justin Trudeau and his dimwit cabinet members, his Minister for Women and Gender Equality Maryam Monsef has provided one.

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August 25, 2021 Columnists

Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development Maryam Monsef speaks during a press conference on broadband internet in Ottawa on Nov. 9, 2020.

FATAH: This betrayal of Afghanistan is beyond belief

Just one day after Kabul fell, Taliban 2.0 along with their American and Pakistani sponsors reassured us that the fresh version of the Islamist terrorist group was ‘new and improved,’ we witnessed the work of the barbarians.

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August 18, 2021 Columnists

A Taliban fighter walks past a beauty saloon with images of women defaced using spray paint in Shar-e-Naw in Kabul on August 18, 2021.

Tarek Fatah

LATEST STORIES BY TAREK FATAH

FATAH: Islamist terror reaches new milestone

FATAH: PSWs remain underappreciated

FATAH: Turkey's ambitions clash with Iranian sovereignty

FATAH: It's time to stand up to Chinese imperialism

FATAH: A $600-million much ado about nothing

FATAH: Canada needs truth in politics -- the Liberals aren't providing it

FATAH: Only the NDP is standing up for Canada's needy right now

FATAH: Canada's health-care system works

FATAH: Terrorist Taliban are not 'our brothers'

FATAH: This betrayal of Afghanistan is beyond belief

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