Tim Powers: we have to talk openly about mental illness. Here’s my story
OTTAWA—There is a reason Bell Canada’s wonderful campaign about mental health and wellness is called Let’s Talk. It’s simple. The more people normalize the conversation around things like depression, the way they do about an illness like cancer, the sooner those who still feel stung by society’s stigma around hidden diseases will have the ability […]
Northern B.C. MPs top first-quarter spending
Travel to a far-flung riding and replacing outdated equipment all contributed to Conservative MP Bob Zimmer posting the highest expenses of any Member of Parliament for the first quarter of the 2018-19 fiscal year. Mr. Zimmer (Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies, B.C.) topped the list of MP spending between April 1 and June 30, which was […]
Seamus O’Regan: if we want Canadians to talk about mental health, public figures have to too
This week is Mental Illness Awareness Week. I want to challenge all Canadians to raise awareness and understanding of mental illness, and to take action. It’s a time to encourage conversations that, quite frankly, would not have taken place 10 years ago. Supporting good mental health is not just a campaign that happens one week […]
A Liberal and a Tory join swelling list of MPs sitting out next election
There will be more new faces in the House of Commons next year, as two more sitting MPs say they will not be seeking re-election in 2019. Liberal MP Colin Fraser and Conservative MP David Tilson announced they will not run for another term on the Hill. Mr. Tilson became the eighth Tory to announce he will […]
Trudeau touts new trade deal as victory for three countries
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday touted the benefits of the new trade pact binding the three North American neighbours, while conceding that the ground it gave to the U.S. on greater market access to its dairy industry was not “ideal.” Speaking to reporters at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, Mr. Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) […]
Quebec may face same situation as N.B.
Is Quebec about to follow in New Brunswick’s footsteps and become the second province to hold a fall election that fails to sort out which party will run its government for the next few years? With less than a week to go until the Oct. 1 vote, the possibility that Monday’s election will see a […]
Putin in ‘most dangerous’ mid-life crisis in history, says Tom Nichols
The goal of Russian interference and misinformation in Western democracies is to decrease civic engagement, says a former cold warrior. Speaking at a talk on ‘Russia’s Challenge to North American and European Security’ put on by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute on Sept. 27, Tom Nichols, a Sovietologist and professor at the U.S. Naval College, said Russian […]
Arts Day on the Hill: a celebration of the artistic profession in Canada
BANFF, ALTA.—The artistic profession, one that often straddles the line somewhere between public good and private enterprise, finds its moment on the Hill on Oct. 2 to celebrate and strengthen Canadian cultural policy. In 2016, one of the biggest lobby days in recent history was conducted by the Canadian Arts Coalition, a non-partisan collaborative movement […]
Beast of hate is awake, folks, and slouching our way, too
TORONTO—The first indication that the far right was back was right there, right in front. Right outside the glass doors of the Corus studios in Toronto. I stepped outside of the building, past a worried-looking pair of security guards. There they were: the ones who are neo-Nazi, white supremacist, Holocaust-denying Hitlerian InfoWars freaks. And the […]
Pondering Bernier’s options
OAKVILLE, ONT.—I sure hope Maxmine Bernier, the leader and creator of the newly formed People’s Party of Canada, doesn’t discourage easily. After all, by proclaiming his party as the champion of free market ideology, he’s embarking on a tough road, since free market ideology isn’t exactly trendy these days. In fact, I recently saw a […]
