Artificial intelligence has huge implications for our future
TORONTO—Where will Canada fit in the next Big Thing? Artificial intelligence, the OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2017 reports, is “going mainstream” and this has huge implications for our future— including our jobs and economic prosperity. AI is a core part of the next wave of the ongoing digital revolution that’s transforming our world, a revolution […]
How desperate is Trudeau to keep NAFTA? Pretty desperate
TORONTO—How desperate is Justin Trudeau to keep NAFTA? Ask the Mexicans, now peering out from under the proverbial bus—where, you know, Trudeau pushed them. Pretty desperate. As they welcomed the Canadian prime minister to Mexico City on Thursday—and as they gamely extracted the Canadian-made stainless steel that had slipped between their shoulder blades, the Mexicans […]
Subtle form of adult supervision exercised daily in both Pyongyang and Washington, D.C.
LONDON, U.K.—Here’s the scenario. Late one evening Donald Trump is watching Fox News and a report comes on that North Korea is planning to launch a missile that can reach the United States. (Kim Jong-un’s regime has said it is going to do that one of these days—but only as a test flight landing in […]
Caribou need large tracts of intact forest to survive, feds should help this northern jewel
PETERBOROUGH, ONT.—The rarest gems, they say, are most precious. We delight in the exquisite and the exceptional—a rare bird, a remote destination, an impressionist masterpiece. While the experience may be brief, the value is enduring. Joy springs from the sheer knowledge such treasures exist. For years, I have sought a most elusive treasure. My pursuit […]
Energy East cancellation hasn’t hurt Liberals yet, but could haunt them in 2019: pollsters
The abandonment of the country-spanning Energy East pipeline by proponent TransCanada hasn’t harmed the Liberal government’s national popularity so far, though pipelines and energy policy could still emerge as ballot box issues in Western Canada and New Brunswick in the next election, according to pollsters, with some saying it might cost the party seats in […]
“Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly recently announced the government’s cultural policy road map. What do you think these plans?”
Cameron Ahmad Liberal strategist “Canadians are fiercely proud of our creators and cultural entrepreneurs, and our Government is committed to support Canadian creators and media. Last month, Minister Joly announced a forward-looking plan to continue to create space for Canadian voices. Canada’s first-ever strategy for a creative economy will help Canadian creators and cultural entrepreneurs […]
Canada has options if Trump kills NAFTA
TORONTO—If U.S. President Donald Trump deep-sixes the North American Free Trade Agreement, there are essentially three things that Canada can do. It can try to salvage a bilateral deal with the U.S. It can, in concert with Mexico, keep what remains of NAFTA on life support in the hope that Trump will eventually be replaced […]
New ISG chiefs shake-up leadership, name negotiating team for committee talks
The new leaders of the Independent Senators Group have temporarily shrunk the team of Senators working beneath them, and named former leadership candidate Sen. Larry Campbell as the ISG’s new liaison, a role roughly equivalent to the whip in other caucuses. Sen. Frances Lankin (Ontario) was serving as the ISG liaison until Sen. Campbell was […]
Singh-led NDP could prove to be ‘double whammy’ for Liberals in 2019, could ‘siphon off’ significant chunk of votes
The Liberals are concerned that the Jagmeet Singh-led New Democrats would “siphon off” a significant chunk of votes from them in the 2019 election, creating three-way races across the country that would be a “double whammy” for the ruling party trying to hold off the Conservatives, and, at the minimum, could reduce them to a […]
The myths about Energy East, just to clear the air
GATINEAU, QUE.—The decision by TransCanada to mothball its proposed Energy East pipeline some days ago risks becoming flotsam in the all-consuming whirl of daily news—from Harvey Weinstein, to Donald Trump’s threats to dump NAFTA, to second-hand Australian jets. But we shouldn’t let the issue fade without hacking away the false claims and apocalyptic predictions surrounding […]
