Q&A | ‘Treachery’ and ‘troublemaker’ MPs: why going against party leaders is verboten in Canadian politics
In the new book No I in Team, political scientist Alex Marland and his co-authors unpack why party discipline has gone too far.
The impossible office: why Canadian prime ministers fail
The Canadian prime ministership is an impossible office, demanding that its occupant simultaneously pass three unforgiving tests: political, managerial, and collegial. Fail one and you’re limping. Fail two and you’re finished. Justin Trudeau was wobbling on all three. One wonders how Mark Carney will fare.
For democracy, we have to make public life appealing again
Despite our county’s many strengths, our politics suffer from some formidable challenges. The national discourse has become more polarized, divisive, and nastier. Unfortunately, we aren’t alone. Democracies across the globe face similar, even more ominous predicaments.
Shaughnessy Cohen Prize finalists talk about their books
The $25,000 prize will be handed out on Sept. 24 in Ottawa at the Politics and the Pen event, the annual fundraiser for the Writers’ Trust of Canada.
Is Finland a model for Canada to counter disinformation?
The reported absence of significant attacks will likely continue to fuel the belief in democratic policy circles that Finland is a shining example other countries should follow in the fight against disinformation. But how practical is the hope that Finland can be a beacon for other democracies? Ecologically speaking, not very.
From power corridors to fiction world: former deputy minister Sheikh pens second novel
Munir Sheikh shared his upcoming book’s message and memories of working with now-Prime Minister Mark Carney as bureaucrats at Finance.
Q&A | New five-per-cent NATO target ‘achievable’ if Canada is ‘smart about it,’ says David Perry
Canada has pledged to meet the new NATO target of spending five per cent of GDP on defence.
MPs ‘utterly subservient’ to leaders, says Globe columnist Andrew Coyne who offers a path away from Canada’s anti-democratic system in his new book, The Crisis of Canadian Democracy
In his new book, The Crisis of Canadian Democracy, Andrew Coyne unpacks how parties choose their leaders, how the leaders control their MPs, and how the shortcomings in Canada’s electoral system are putting a squeeze on democracy. It’s not pretty.
Author says Canada’s ability to scale up companies involves fixing problems with corporate governance in Western economies
The following is an excerpt from Hard Lessons in Corporate Governance, by Bryce C. Tingle, shortlisted for this year’s Donner Prize, one of the best public policy books of the year.
Authors dig deep into government’s response to COVID-19
The following is an excerpt from Seized by Uncertainty: The Markets, Media, and Special Interests That Shaped Canada’s Response to COVID-19, which is one of five finalists for the 2024 Donner Prize for the best public policy book of the year.
