Canada needs to address the biggest issues facing humanity, and not help the U.S. start a Cold War
TORONTO—We are at a point where critical choices are being made that risk plunging humanity into a crisis worse even than those experienced in the two world wars of the 20th century, wars that cost millions of lives. This truly existential threat is climate change which represents the biggest security threat facing mankind today. We […]
Time to clean up our language
CHELSEA, QUE.—Political language has become so degraded that a gross betrayal of supporters, a shameless climbdown from previously embraced imperatives, the sudden disappearance of favourite dog whistles when they are no longer useful, is widely known as a “pivot.” Not a lie, not self-serving evasion, not what non-political people would consider a damning character defect. […]
The longstanding Liberal hegemony in Canada, and the challenges to it
TORONTO—Since the federal election of 1896, when voters in the mostly French-speaking province of Quebec switched their votes, en masse, from the Conservative to the Liberal Party, Canada has been characterized at the federal level by long periods of Liberal government with comparatively brief Conservative interludes. Indeed, the Conservative Party had re-designated itself as the […]
New press secretary, operations director on deck for Rural Economic Development Minister Hutchings
Federal Rural Economic Development Minister Gudie Hutchings has seen a fair bit of movement in her office since Hill Climbers last checked in, with both a new press secretary and a new director of operations on deck, among other changes. Luka Vujic, who’d been press secretary to Hutchings since January, left the minister’s office in […]
The world doesn’t want another Cuban Missile Crisis
EDMONTON—The possibility of Russia’s use of nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war has led to comparisons with the Cuban Missile Crisis 60 years ago this month, in which, for 13 days, humanity stood on the brink of World War III. The crisis passed because U.S. president John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union president Nikita Khrushchev […]
Feds must keep promises on water
Whether it’s marking World Environment Day by kayaking on the Niagara River or canoeing on Lake Laurentian before making an election promise, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has shown himself to be very interested in water health. In their 2021 platform, the Liberals demonstrated their commitment to healthy waters by promising an independent, robust Canada Water […]
O’Toole’s bad luck
OAKVILLE, ONT.—Former Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole may have lost the last federal election because he lacked a rabbit’s foot or a four-leaf clover. I say that because in a recent media interview O’Toole basically claimed that what brought him down was a sudden stroke of bad luck. According to O’Toole, he was ahead in […]
‘Fundamental premise no longer real’: former Chrétien cabinet minister calls on Liberals to abandon Safe Third Country Agreement
As the House Ethics Committee prepares to begin its inquiry into the use of more than half a billion dollars in public funds to support asylum seekers crossing into Canada near Roxham Road in Quebec, opposition MPs and refugee advocates argue the government is moving in the wrong direction by seemingly attempting to institutionalize the […]
New French envoy is keeping an eye on aftershocks of Russian invasion of Ukraine
Amid Ukrainian momentum on the battlefield, France’s newest ambassador to Canada is eyeing the far-reaching effects of Russia’s misstep, likely to be felt around the globe, with the emergence of a “new era.” Ukraine’s counteroffensive, which was launched on Aug. 29, has led to the recapture of towns and territory in the northeastern and southern […]
With extraordinary power comes extraordinary accountability: Trudeau, eight ministers to testify at Public Order Emergency Commission alongside convoy organizers
The public inquiry looking into the invocation of the federal Emergencies Act in response to the “Freedom Convoy” protests earlier this year will hold its first meeting on Oct. 13, with more than 60 witnesses, including the prime minister and convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, set to testify as to whether the federal […]
