No time like present for Canadian agriculture
There is an old saying, “There is no time like the present.” Agriculture lives that out on a daily basis. These are interesting times for Canadian agriculture. The sheer diversity of agriculture in this country is astounding. As the House of Commons Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee holds hearings on the developing Agricultural Policy Framework (APF), […]
Spying on Quebec journalists exposes weak-kneed judges
MONTREAL—Connect the dots between Quebec’s police corps and the half-dozen or more investigative journalists who were put under surveillance over the past decade and you will find a gaggle of judges potentially derelict in their gatekeeping duties. In each of the spying episodes that have come to light over the past week, the police had […]
I admit it, Mulroney was right on many issues
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was always well-loved in Quebec. Across the rest of the country, not so much. But the launch of the Brian Mulroney Institute of Government at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S., should go a long way to changing that. Time is a former politician’s best friend. In the heat of […]
MPs in rural, remote ridings do put themselves at greater risks
When former Alberta premier Jim Prentice was killed in a small-plane crash shortly after takeoff from the Kelowna airport on Oct. 13, some MPs back in Ottawa could particularly relate. There is a handful of MPs who not only fly the big airlines every week, but then have to get on small single or dual-engine planes to […]
MP Jenny Kwan ate nothing but two oranges and noodles every day last week
NDP MPs Jenny Kwan and Ruth Ellen Brosseau both spent last week eating on an $18 budget; no more, and no less. The pair took part in British Columbia’s annual Welfare Food Challenge, which gets participants to try and fill their tummies for a mere $18. That’s the amount of money Raise the Rates, a […]
Aerospace industry paying price of Liberal inaction
The first anniversary of Justin Trudeau’s government leaves us with few reasons to celebrate. When it comes to aviation, as with many other industries, there is a huge gap between what was promised and what was actually delivered. The aerospace industry and its workers are paying the price of Liberal inaction on many issues facing […]
No more treading water
Patrick Brown has heard it all before. Assertions that the Ontario Progressive Conservative leader’s most defined personality trait is that he’s not Kathleen Wynne; that he’s flip-flopped on policies as starkly as Donald Trump has on immigration; and even that he’s a dead-eyed, brainwashed robot that runs on talking points uploaded to his hard drive […]
Seismic testing controversy in North set for Supreme Court
For the northern community of Clyde River, Nunavut, the sustainability of hunting and fishing is at the centre of a Supreme Court of Canada case around seismic testing that could test the limits of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. “The biggest concern we have is that the wildlife, the sea mammals, the narwals, seals, the […]
The North remains the next frontier
The North remains the next frontier. Trillions of dollars remain in the Far North both on land and under the seafloor. In the next 10 years, the discussion of how to develop these resources and who owns them will take a prominent role in both Canadian politics and international dialogue. There is immense potential for […]
A line in the budget comes to life in northern Quebec
Rewind the clock to the spring. The federal budget was tabled in the House of Commons on March 22. It was called “Growing the Middle Class.” It’s a title that clearly wasn’t directed to the Inuit who live in small coastal communities across the Arctic, where the gaps in living standards compared with the rest […]
