Canadian Rangers should have their maritime mission
In the Arctic, the challenges of lack of infrastructure and the cost of doing business requires a whole-of-government approach where departments share information and resources. In those communities that have an Auxiliary Canadian Coast Guard boat, the Canadian Rangers could use the same vessel to conduct their patrols, a cost-effective use of a federal asset.
Powerful but precarious: cracks in the foundation of fire and emergency services in Canada
The climate crisis, health-care crisis, and personnel shortages in Canada’s fire departments are converging, causing increasing strain on Canada’s fire-fighting capacity.
Trudeau, ministers emerge from Rouleau Commission testimony ‘relatively unscathed,’ say insiders
Pollster Nik Nanos said the inquiry reinforced what most Canadians already knew, which was that there was a ‘hot mess’ between different law enforcement agencies, and between the federal government and provinces such as Ontario and Alberta.
‘Stay the course’: reporters, editors discuss strategies for combating online hate with Mendicino
Catherine Tait of CBC said a survey by Reporters Without Borders had found three quarters of journalists had experience harassment.
IRPP sets up the next 50 years
The Institute for Research and Public Policy celebrated its half century of work expanding minds and policymaking with a gala event at the National Arts Centre on Nov. 23. Attendees were challenged with bold discussions on the consideration of race in policy-making and inspired by keynote speaker Douglas Sanderson, a University of Toronto law professor […]
The real Rouleau inquiry question: who was responsible for allowing the illegal trucker blockades to drag on?
The issue of responsibility has tended to get lost in the endless hours of legalistic testimony in the Emergencies Act review.
‘Marathon of work’: Public Order Emergency Commission proceedings ‘one of the most transparent inquiries ever,’ says lawyer Paul Champ
Lawyers involved in the hearings were provided with more than 30,000 documents, but ministers’ testimony doesn’t get full-transparency marks, says Tim Powers.
Is Canada prepared for the new-age battlefield?
For those closely following the current conflict in Ukraine, it is readily apparent that the battlefield continues to evolve and with it the way in which we approach combat.
Plan to boost diplomatic footprint in Indo-Pacific scant on details for new demands on foreign service
With diplomatic capacity-building projects in Eastern Europe, Africa, and now in the Indo-Pacific, implementation will be a ‘challenge’ as recruitment will come under focus, say experts and former diplomats.
Advocates want Canada to take up historic arms control leadership role in fight for nuclear disarmament
Canada’s past work as a champion in the fight to ban landmines in the 1990s should guide Ottawa’s approach to nuclear disarmament, say advocates.
