Is this any way to run a country?
Amid the urgent need to do something about the catastrophe of climate change, Canadians on the right continue to undermine the required national co-operation.
Dogmatism an existential threat to Liberals’ political fortunes in Atlantic Canada, say pollsters
While the growing public warnings from within the federal Liberal caucus and at the provincial level over climate policies have so far remained polite, Abacus Data’s Tim Powers says they may not remain so the longer they are ignored.
All our puny sorrows: plea for perspective in an anguished world
While Israelis and Palestinians alike reckon with the aftermath of the barbarism unleashed by Hamas last week, one Canadian leader has invoked the notwithstanding clause to allow him to over-ride the rights of young people questioning their gender identity. Now there’s a crisis.
Alberta premier’s push for separate provincial pension plan part of broader conflict with Ottawa, say experts, but necessary to keep base on side
‘That’s not the way multilateral negotiations in general work, and it’s certainly not the way that multilateral intergovernmental relations in Canada work,’ says Jared Wesley from the University of Alberta.
Fiscal state of provinces offers Ottawa a chance to push more centralization—if it chooses—says IRPP report
A ‘stable, long-term’ solution is possible, but that’s hampered by an ‘accountability problem,’ and it’s on display right now in Manitoba’s provincial election, says Brian Topp.
François Legault and the revival of the Parti Québécois
At a certain point, the premier’s brand of nationalism will confront the limits of its own contradictions.
Doug Ford tries to save the furniture
Ford’s Sept. 21 reversal of the Greenbelt decision was clearly a rear-guard action in the face of the fast-growing shambles overtaking his government regarding land dealings.
Only in Quebec would ‘English Week’ be controversial
For the more than one million Quebec anglophones, being blamed for the global popularity of English is tiresome and disheartening.
Why New Brunswick’s Indigenous leaders support nuclear energy development
Nuclear’s focus on the future and on building something to benefit future generations aligns with traditional First Nation values and wisdom.
Feds can no longer ignore devastation from substance use in the North
Northern-specific data is necessary to ensure the federal government is not swayed by popular southern theories.
