‘A very difficult few weeks’: MPs pay tribute to Snowbirds fatal crash victim Jennifer Casey
Parliamentarians commemorated the life of a Snowbird public affairs officer following a crash in Kamloops, B.C., which happened less than a month after six members of the Canadian Forces were killed in a helicopter crash off the coast of Greece. Snowbirds spokesperson Captain Jennifer Casey was killed in the crash on May 17 and pilot […]
Breakdown lays out a fulsome set of policy recommendations
An untenable risk for any future major development of resources or related infrastructure must be confronted. Do the Indigenous Peoples of Canada currently possess a de facto veto or not on major infrastructure projects in Canada? At the end of 2018, this issue remained unresolved, and it may yet undo TMX, despite the Trudeau government’s […]
‘Forever in their debt’: MPs mark 75 years since Canada’s liberation of the Netherlands and the end of World War II in Europe
Three quarters of a century ago, the Canadian Army advanced through the Netherlands in 1945 liberating it from nearly five years of Nazi occupation. MPs honoured those Canadians who fought in support of the Dutch liberation, including the more than 7,600 Canadians who died in the Netherlands. “The Liberation of the Netherlands was Canada’s last […]
If action’s further delayed ‘little or no chance of saving English Canada from complete absorption into U.S. cultural ecosystem’: Stursberg
Canadian governments have always known that if there was to be a Canada, there would have to be Canadian media. Since the 1930s, successive administrations, whether Liberal or Conservative, have struggled to strengthen the foundations of Canadian culture, often in opposition to the desires of the United States. They passed laws, created regulations and provided […]
‘Like no one I have ever met’: former Canadian ambassador to U.S. Allan Gotlieb dies at 92
By the time he finished serving as Canada’s top diplomat in Washington, D.C., for one Progressive Conservative and two Liberal prime ministers, Allan Gotlieb was noted as having an expansive understanding of the Canada-U.S. relationship. Mr. Gotlieb died on April 18, at the age of 92. From 1981 to 1989, he served as Canada’s ambassador […]
Inside the Campaign: new book offers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of elections
Most Canadians are familiar with the final products of political campaigns, from party platforms to political ads, but much goes on behind the scenes to get those wheels in motion—and keep the wheels of government turning in the meantime—the details of which only a comparative few understand, and which a new book seeks to demystify. “The […]
This just in: Donner Prize, Dafoe Prize name books shortlisted for honours
The nominees for 2020’s prestigious Donner and Dafoe book prizes are now out, with 10 books earning the nod and offering Canadians another enlightening way to pass their time in the COVID-19 lockdown. The five books nominated for the Donner Prize for best public policy book include Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson‘s Empty Planet: The […]
‘Canada’s forgotten public health emergency’: opioid crisis rages amid the pandemic, says former Harper aide
With public health officials largely preoccupied with beating back the spread of the stealthy coronavirus, Benjamin Perrin, a former senior aide to then-prime minister Stephen Harper, says the collision of the pandemic with the opioid crisis has the makings of a “perfect storm.” Given that a potential vaccine for COVID-19 is still likely many months, […]
Inside the Campaign: Managing Elections In Canada: a new book pulls curtain on the people and machinery behind the vote
Crashed buses and a blackface scandal highlighted the 41-day campaign of the 2019 election. A new book with contributions from political staffers, campaign managers, pollsters, and journalists takes readers inside Canadian political campaigns. From the day the writs are issued and the race is off and running, politicians crisscross the country stumping, but behind the […]
‘Bold decisions’ are needed if the CBC is to survive
ST. JOHN’S, N.L.—For those who can, reading a book is a good way to pass the time during the coronavirus pandemic. It’s excellent escapism from the anxieties of life as we know it fall apart. David Taras and Christopher Waddell recently authored The End of the CBC?, published by the University of Toronto Press. They […]
