Canada’s vaccine passport challenge a chance for international co-operation
The past 18 months since the outbreak of the COVID-19 have been a bumpy ride for Canada, but with ingenuity and resilience, Canadians have emerged from this pandemic to stimulate reforms, enhance collaboration, and force the federal parties to embrace bold and decisive ideas—the results of which are evident in their respective platforms. If there […]
Voters should look carefully before swapping Trudeau for O’Toole
HALIFAX—So Justin Trudeau has apparently morphed into Prince Not So Charming. And Erin O’Toole, unknown to most Canadians until recently, is waiting in the wings to take over in Ottawa. There is evidence for both of those views. There are the polls showing the Liberals in a dead heat or trailing the Conservatives. The expected […]
Politics This Morning: Liberals release election platform, leaders face off in first debate
Good Thursday morning! The Liberal Party has released its re-election platform, which proposes $13-billion in spending this fiscal year and $78-billion in new spending over the next five years. The 53-page document proposes to invest more in Liberal priorities, such as fighting climate change, Indigenous reconciliation, and the arts and cultural sector, and promises tighter […]
The Liberals are losing, and it is not because we had a difficult year
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—The Liberals are losing. In this Seinfeldian election about nothing, the only constant is the electorate’s anger. Like the rubes in Times Square bilked in a game of three-card monte, Canadians are furious with Justin Trudeau for calling an election when it wasn’t required. After an event in Bolton, Ont., was cancelled for fears of […]
White male rage always gets a pass
OTTAWA—White men have a collective problem of violence and they need to take some personal responsibility and pull themselves up by their bootstraps. On Aug. 27, during the prime minister’s campaign stop in Bolton, Ont., the CBC reported, “dozens of angry protestors that outnumbered Liberal supporters began chanting obscenities before Mr. Trudeau could make his […]
End the war on psychedelics
As Canadians head to the polls this September we are searching for leaders who will help us come through this long pandemic. Lots of issues are competing for election promises—a need to fix the economy, improve vaccine uptake, open or close the borders, keep kids safely in schools—and rising to the top of the list […]
Police union wants boosted training capacity, mental health supports for Mounties after election
The National Police Federation is calling on whoever forms the next federal government to increase training capacity for the RCMP, prioritize equipment modernization, and increase access to mental health supports for its members. Canadians have done a “really good job” of focusing on mental health and reducing stigma around the issue, according to Brian Sauvé, […]
Chinese ambassador says some politicians putting ‘personal political interests’ above Canada-China relationship
Amid a narrowing federal election, the Chinese ambassador to Canada says some politicians are putting their own “political interests” ahead of the Canada-China relationship, in an apparent reference to the Conservative Party. Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole (Durham, Ont.) has been a vocal critic of Beijing and has called for Canada to realign its relationship with […]
Politics This Morning: Defence Minister talks Afghanistan evacuation; Trudeau in Quebec; Singh in Winnipeg
Happy Thursday and day 12 of the campaign! Yesterday, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, and Minister for Women and Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef held a news conference to update Canadians on the situation in Afghanistan. Mr. Mendicino said that as of Aug. 24, Canada had airlifted more than 2,700 people out […]
COVID-19 isn’t the only infectious disease needing Canadian global health investment
With progress achieved by a successful domestic vaccination campaign, Canada has broadened the scope of its COVID-19 strategy to support vaccination campaigns globally, notably through a match-funding campaign with UNICEF called “Give a Vax” and through financial and therapeutic contributions to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi—the vaccine alliance, and the Global Fund. […]
