Helping Attawapiskat takes time, not just a fire hose of money
The stories coming out of Attawapiskat are heartbreaking. Day after day we hear about more and more kids trying to kill themselves. It is easy to boldly proclaim, as many have, enough is enough. But it will be harder to address the mental-health woes of those suffering there quickly or effectively. It is going to […]
Article embraces ‘immoral political warfare’: Steinberg
Re: “Trudeau and Israel/Palestine: Paragon of progressives or much ado about nothing?,” (The Hill Times, April 6, online). The article by Ardi Imseis is less a critique of the Trudeau government, and more an embrace of immoral political warfare against Israel. He promotes anti-peace BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) campaigns and defends the appointment of […]
Pre-approval of corridors recommended for northern infrastructure projects
As the Trudeau government begins divvying up infrastructure funds promised in the budget, some say there are better processes that can be applied for planning infrastructure projects in the North. When the three territorial finance ministers met with federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau, they put a priority on infrastructure needs, according to the CBC. A report by […]
A movement in search of a leader: where does the NDP go from here?
OTTAWA—I never understood why Thomas Mulcair kept saying, “When I’m prime minister” during last fall’s election campaign. Whatever he was thinking, the smarmy, overconfident phraseology struck me as totally wrong—symbolic of a tone-deaf campaign that finally caught up with him in the rejection of his leadership on Sunday. Mulcair is a decent fellow who did […]
‘What happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic,’ Watt-Cloutier warns of climate change’s dire consequences, especially for Inuit
OTTAWA—Sheila Watt-Cloutier has a simple message about the Arctic, Inuit, and climate change. “What happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic and the evidence of that is showing up with more droughts, floods, wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes, and other disasters around the world related to climatic change. More and more Canadians and beyond now […]
NDP grassroots still frustrated, angry by last election, want more say in next campaign, there’s ‘invigorated interest in how the party engages the membership’
EDMONTON—NDP delegates at the party’s policy convention in Edmonton this weekend say they want more say over party and policy decisions in the next election and many are still frustrated by the party’s disastrous loss of 51 House seats in last fall’s 78-day election campaign. At a debate, called “party affairs,” some eager delegates ran to be first […]
Trudeau and Israel/Palestine: Paragon of progressives or much ado about nothing?
Following his recent visit with US President Barack Obama in Washington, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was hailed as a paragon of progressive leaders now making their mark on the world stage. After the global shift to the right following 9/11, the youthful, feminist and environmentally conscious Trudeau rightfully came across as a breath of fresh […]
Former Liberal Cabinet minister Lapierre’s death ‘a great loss to political world’
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair praised former Liberal and Bloc Québécois MP Jean Lapierre as a “formidable Parliamentarian” after he learned Mr. Lapierre, 59, was killed in an air crash in eastern Quebec on Tuesday. Mr. Mulcair said he and his wife, Catherine, were “shocked” at the news Mr. Lapierre, his wife and other members of […]
If Ottawa bails out Bombardier, feds should help 400 laid-off Aveos workers, say Manitoba Liberal MPs
If the federal government bails out Quebec-based aerospace giant Bombardier with a financial aid package, Manitobans will expect financial help for more than 400 workers who were laid off by aircraft maintenance company Aveos in Winnipeg in 2012, say Manitoba Liberal MPs. “There’s a strong group of Liberal MPs who will fight for our aerospace industry, and that […]
Alberta oilpatch braces for higher carbon costs
Alberta’s oil-and-gas sector is measuring potential costs that are soon to be added to the price of taking fossil fuels out of the ground. Some of those costs may be guesstimates right now, but additional costs are a fact, as governments pile-on to the idea of pricing carbon as a way to curb greenhouse gas […]
