[NEWS] Five politics links: MAGA, Ontario, Venezuela, John MacCallum, Brexit

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• Andray Domise at MacLean's makes the obvious point that wearing a MAGA hat is a conscious choice to wear a symbol of hate.


• The cancellation of Ontario's guaranteed minimum income project is now up before the supreme court, which seems unconvinced that the province did not make a legal commitment three years long to provide the funding needed. The Toronto Star reports.


• Don Pittis at CBC makes the point that the economic problems of Venezuela, much too dependent on oil, are far too severe to be overcome by the end of the Maduro regime.


• The appointment of long-time Liberal politician John MacCallum as the ambassador of China to Canada has turned out to have been a historic mistake. CBC reports.


• Ian Dunt at Politics.co.uk, looking at the consequences of a hard Brexit on the food supply alone, exposes what a catastrophe this would be at every level.