Challenges to how Canada operates only likely to deepen in 2023

These situations contribute to potential chaos, distrust of government, and the weakening of the country’s system of shared governmental powers.
Canada must increase surveillance assets in the Arctic

True maritime domain awareness in the Arctic requires multiple overlapping systems that authorities can cross-reference to assess vessels operating in our internal waters.
Is the federal government on autopilot?

There will be future case studies on how not to run a government based on the recent FUBARs in Ottawa that make the Phoenix debacle look like a cakewalk.
On health, premiers cherish their jurisdiction, not their responsibilities

Having let the health system reach a state of near collapse where patients run the risk of dying in emergency rooms, the premiers are determined to shift the blame to the federal government.
Provinces ‘flush with cash’ means Liberals can ‘hold their ground’ in fight to tie strings to health funding, says strategist

UBC researcher Paul Kershaw says a better approach is to spend more on prevention instead of investing in medical systems that were ‘never designed to create health.’
Smith leads the way as the right challenges democratic norms in the post-COVID political wasteland

Alberta’s Sovereignty Act takes place against a backdrop of anger and grievance aimed at the Trudeau government that is largely based on myth.
The North

We need science in support of discovery and sovereignty in Canada’s Arctic

Canada must continue to invest and lead by showing the world not just what science is important in the Arctic, but also how science should be done.
Here’s how teachings from the First Nations of the North are leading the way

To lead the way towards true climate action, we need to bring ourselves back into a good relationship with the places where we live and where we are from.
Getting to know each unique territory in the North

Each territory is unique in its population, geography, resources, and political and historical development.