Books & Big Ideas
- Michael W. Higgins uses his understanding of the Jesuit order to provide insights on the traditions that guided Francis through his reform agenda.
FeatureBY | April 28, 2025
FeatureBY | April 28, 2025
- Michael W. Higgins uses his understanding of the Jesuit order to provide insights on the traditions that guided Francis through his reform agenda.
FeatureBY | April 28, 2025
- Michael W. Higgins uses his understanding of the Jesuit order to provide insights on the traditions that guided Francis through his reform agenda.
- Mark Bourrie says Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre is as much about the failings of modern political parties and the Canadian media as
FeatureBY | April 21, 2025
FeatureBY | April 21, 2025
- Mark Bourrie says Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre is as much about the failings of modern political parties and the Canadian media as
FeatureBY | April 21, 2025
- Mark Bourrie says Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre is as much about the failings of modern political parties and the Canadian media as
- Rose LeMay says it's 'up to non-Indigenous people to change these systems so that Indigenous Peoples are not treated worse than others.'
FeatureBY | April 21, 2025
FeatureBY | April 21, 2025
- Rose LeMay says it's 'up to non-Indigenous people to change these systems so that Indigenous Peoples are not treated worse than others.'
FeatureBY | April 21, 2025
- Rose LeMay says it's 'up to non-Indigenous people to change these systems so that Indigenous Peoples are not treated worse than others.'
- ‘The stakes are very high’ this election says Ekos Research’s Frank Graves, and voter ‘emotions are very important’ in driving how campaigns take shape.
FeatureBY | April 14, 2025
FeatureBY | April 14, 2025
- ‘The stakes are very high’ this election says Ekos Research’s Frank Graves, and voter ‘emotions are very important’ in driving how campaigns take shape.
FeatureBY | April 14, 2025
- ‘The stakes are very high’ this election says Ekos Research’s Frank Graves, and voter ‘emotions are very important’ in driving how campaigns take shape.
- ‘No magic math’: an expert in government finances addresses why cutting waste won’t fund election promises.
FeatureBY | March 26, 2025
FeatureBY | March 26, 2025
- ‘No magic math’: an expert in government finances addresses why cutting waste won’t fund election promises.
FeatureBY | March 26, 2025
- ‘No magic math’: an expert in government finances addresses why cutting waste won’t fund election promises.
- Alasdair Roberts, author of The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century, offers advice on how Canada can get through the Trump
FeatureBY | March 1, 2025
FeatureBY | March 1, 2025
- Alasdair Roberts, author of The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century, offers advice on how Canada can get through the Trump
FeatureBY | March 1, 2025
- Alasdair Roberts, author of The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century, offers advice on how Canada can get through the Trump
- ‘Nationalism has become the key message of the day,’ says Conservative strategist and Hill Times columnist Gerry Nicholls.
FeatureBY | February 18, 2025
FeatureBY | February 18, 2025
- ‘Nationalism has become the key message of the day,’ says Conservative strategist and Hill Times columnist Gerry Nicholls.
FeatureBY | February 18, 2025
- ‘Nationalism has become the key message of the day,’ says Conservative strategist and Hill Times columnist Gerry Nicholls.
- A belief in tariffs has been ‘the one true animating force’ of U.S. President Donald Trump’s political life, says Washington, D.C.-based trade expert.
- A belief in tariffs has been ‘the one true animating force’ of U.S. President Donald Trump’s political life, says Washington, D.C.-based trade expert.
- A belief in tariffs has been ‘the one true animating force’ of U.S. President Donald Trump’s political life, says Washington, D.C.-based trade expert.
- Former Liberal MP and businessman Frank Baylis represented the Montreal riding of Pierrefonds-Dollard from 2015 to 2019, but chose not to seek re-election.
FeatureBY | January 13, 2025
FeatureBY | January 13, 2025
- Former Liberal MP and businessman Frank Baylis represented the Montreal riding of Pierrefonds-Dollard from 2015 to 2019, but chose not to seek re-election.
FeatureBY | January 13, 2025
- Former Liberal MP and businessman Frank Baylis represented the Montreal riding of Pierrefonds-Dollard from 2015 to 2019, but chose not to seek re-election.
- Ken McGoogan’s Shadows of Tyranny is a calm work born of panic, written before Trump was re-elected. If you’ve ever wondered how you would have behaved
FeatureBY | January 9, 2025
FeatureBY | January 9, 2025
- Ken McGoogan’s Shadows of Tyranny is a calm work born of panic, written before Trump was re-elected. If you’ve ever wondered how you would have behaved
FeatureBY | January 9, 2025
- Ken McGoogan’s Shadows of Tyranny is a calm work born of panic, written before Trump was re-elected. If you’ve ever wondered how you would have behaved
- Chrystia is an origin story. Author Catherine Tsalikis presents Freeland’s past to assist readers with understanding her present and speculating on her future.
FeatureBY | January 2, 2025
FeatureBY | January 2, 2025
- Chrystia is an origin story. Author Catherine Tsalikis presents Freeland’s past to assist readers with understanding her present and speculating on her future.
FeatureBY | January 2, 2025
- Chrystia is an origin story. Author Catherine Tsalikis presents Freeland’s past to assist readers with understanding her present and speculating on her future.
- Catherine Tsalikis spent four years researching Chrystia Freeland's life. She tells The Hill Times that she sees two constants in the former deputy prime
FeatureBY | December 17, 2024
FeatureBY | December 17, 2024
- Catherine Tsalikis spent four years researching Chrystia Freeland's life. She tells The Hill Times that she sees two constants in the former deputy prime
FeatureBY | December 17, 2024
- Catherine Tsalikis spent four years researching Chrystia Freeland's life. She tells The Hill Times that she sees two constants in the former deputy prime
- Author and journalist Carol Off pulls no punches in describing the great strain democracy and the dissemination of factual reality are currently under, as
FeatureBY | December 16, 2024
FeatureBY | December 16, 2024
- Author and journalist Carol Off pulls no punches in describing the great strain democracy and the dissemination of factual reality are currently under, as
FeatureBY | December 16, 2024
- Author and journalist Carol Off pulls no punches in describing the great strain democracy and the dissemination of factual reality are currently under, as
- ‘If we're not looking at how those activities are financed, we're missing a whole piece of the puzzle,’ says national security expert Jessica Davis.
FeatureBY | November 11, 2024
FeatureBY | November 11, 2024
- ‘If we're not looking at how those activities are financed, we're missing a whole piece of the puzzle,’ says national security expert Jessica Davis.
FeatureBY | November 11, 2024
- ‘If we're not looking at how those activities are financed, we're missing a whole piece of the puzzle,’ says national security expert Jessica Davis.
- Canada's environment commissioner audit found the $8-billion program was not attracting the country’s largest greenhouse gas emitters.
FeatureBY | November 4, 2024
FeatureBY | November 4, 2024
- Canada's environment commissioner audit found the $8-billion program was not attracting the country’s largest greenhouse gas emitters.
FeatureBY | November 4, 2024
- Canada's environment commissioner audit found the $8-billion program was not attracting the country’s largest greenhouse gas emitters.
- Charlie Angus talks about his new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, and about the state of federal politics
FeatureBY | November 4, 2024
FeatureBY | November 4, 2024
- Charlie Angus talks about his new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, and about the state of federal politics
FeatureBY | November 4, 2024
- Charlie Angus talks about his new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, and about the state of federal politics
- Through nine persuasive yet demoralizing chapters, Jonathan Manthorpe leads us through his rational report card on our nation’s prospects. If we don't attend to
FeatureBY | October 30, 2024
FeatureBY | October 30, 2024
- Through nine persuasive yet demoralizing chapters, Jonathan Manthorpe leads us through his rational report card on our nation’s prospects. If we don't attend to
FeatureBY | October 30, 2024
- Through nine persuasive yet demoralizing chapters, Jonathan Manthorpe leads us through his rational report card on our nation’s prospects. If we don't attend to
- Immigration lawyer Elizabeth Long says immigrants, foreign workers, and foreign students shouldn’t ‘be scapegoated for all of the problems that the government has created.'
FeatureBY | October 28, 2024
FeatureBY | October 28, 2024
- Immigration lawyer Elizabeth Long says immigrants, foreign workers, and foreign students shouldn’t ‘be scapegoated for all of the problems that the government has created.'
FeatureBY | October 28, 2024
- Immigration lawyer Elizabeth Long says immigrants, foreign workers, and foreign students shouldn’t ‘be scapegoated for all of the problems that the government has created.'
- ‘We're putting wheels on it right now,’ says Health Minister Mark Holland of Health Emergency Readiness Canada, newly launched to co-ordinate efforts ‘to build
FeatureBY | October 7, 2024
FeatureBY | October 7, 2024
- ‘We're putting wheels on it right now,’ says Health Minister Mark Holland of Health Emergency Readiness Canada, newly launched to co-ordinate efforts ‘to build
FeatureBY | October 7, 2024
- ‘We're putting wheels on it right now,’ says Health Minister Mark Holland of Health Emergency Readiness Canada, newly launched to co-ordinate efforts ‘to build
- Yaroslav Baran, former chief of staff to a Conservative government House leader, offers a crash course on how confidence motions work, and the strategy
FeatureBY | September 30, 2024
FeatureBY | September 30, 2024
- Yaroslav Baran, former chief of staff to a Conservative government House leader, offers a crash course on how confidence motions work, and the strategy
FeatureBY | September 30, 2024
- Yaroslav Baran, former chief of staff to a Conservative government House leader, offers a crash course on how confidence motions work, and the strategy
- A disarmingly friendly lunch guest, Andrew Lawton is full of contradictions.
FeatureBY | June 16, 2024
FeatureBY | June 16, 2024
- A disarmingly friendly lunch guest, Andrew Lawton is full of contradictions.
FeatureBY | June 16, 2024
- A disarmingly friendly lunch guest, Andrew Lawton is full of contradictions.
- Stephen Maher and Paul Wells both offer insights into who Justin Trudeau is and what makes him tick. But one wonders if we’ll ever
FeatureBY | June 10, 2024
FeatureBY | June 10, 2024
- Stephen Maher and Paul Wells both offer insights into who Justin Trudeau is and what makes him tick. But one wonders if we’ll ever
FeatureBY | June 10, 2024
- Stephen Maher and Paul Wells both offer insights into who Justin Trudeau is and what makes him tick. But one wonders if we’ll ever
- In a sensational new book, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's looking forward to running against Pierre Poilievre because he doesn't want Poilievre to
FeatureBY | May 27, 2024
FeatureBY | May 27, 2024
- In a sensational new book, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's looking forward to running against Pierre Poilievre because he doesn't want Poilievre to
FeatureBY | May 27, 2024
- In a sensational new book, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's looking forward to running against Pierre Poilievre because he doesn't want Poilievre to
- The following is an excerpt from Who Owns Outer Space? International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space, one of five finalists for
FeatureBY | May 1, 2024
FeatureBY | May 1, 2024
- The following is an excerpt from Who Owns Outer Space? International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space, one of five finalists for
FeatureBY | May 1, 2024
- The following is an excerpt from Who Owns Outer Space? International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space, one of five finalists for
- The following is an excerpt from Kent Roach's Wrongfully Convicted: Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice, published by Simon
FeatureBY | April 24, 2024
FeatureBY | April 24, 2024
- The following is an excerpt from Kent Roach's Wrongfully Convicted: Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice, published by Simon
FeatureBY | April 24, 2024
- The following is an excerpt from Kent Roach's Wrongfully Convicted: Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice, published by Simon
- ‘I feel that it is a fundamental responsibility of anyone who is an elected official... to collaborate with other orders of government to be
FeatureBY | April 24, 2024
FeatureBY | April 24, 2024
- ‘I feel that it is a fundamental responsibility of anyone who is an elected official... to collaborate with other orders of government to be
FeatureBY | April 24, 2024
- ‘I feel that it is a fundamental responsibility of anyone who is an elected official... to collaborate with other orders of government to be
- The following is an excerpt from Pandemic Panic: How Canadian Government Responses to COVID-19 Changed Civil Liberties Forever, one of the five books shortlisted
FeatureBY | April 24, 2024
FeatureBY | April 24, 2024
- The following is an excerpt from Pandemic Panic: How Canadian Government Responses to COVID-19 Changed Civil Liberties Forever, one of the five books shortlisted
FeatureBY | April 24, 2024
- The following is an excerpt from Pandemic Panic: How Canadian Government Responses to COVID-19 Changed Civil Liberties Forever, one of the five books shortlisted
- For the second consecutive year, the pandemic has parlayed the party for the annual Politics and the Pen event into a literally more sober
FeatureBY | September 22, 2021
FeatureBY | September 22, 2021
- For the second consecutive year, the pandemic has parlayed the party for the annual Politics and the Pen event into a literally more sober
FeatureBY | September 22, 2021
- For the second consecutive year, the pandemic has parlayed the party for the annual Politics and the Pen event into a literally more sober
- Canada’s political podcasts are tightening their focus and picking up the pace during the 2021 election campaign, and their hosts say the podcast platform
- Canada’s political podcasts are tightening their focus and picking up the pace during the 2021 election campaign, and their hosts say the podcast platform
- Canada’s political podcasts are tightening their focus and picking up the pace during the 2021 election campaign, and their hosts say the podcast platform
- Following the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, the Haitian ambassador in Ottawa says there is a role for Canada in helping the Caribbean
- Following the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, the Haitian ambassador in Ottawa says there is a role for Canada in helping the Caribbean
- Following the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, the Haitian ambassador in Ottawa says there is a role for Canada in helping the Caribbean
- Climate change isn’t just an environmental threat, it’s an emerging public health threat. And over the coming decades, it risks cutting short the lives
- Climate change isn’t just an environmental threat, it’s an emerging public health threat. And over the coming decades, it risks cutting short the lives
- Climate change isn’t just an environmental threat, it’s an emerging public health threat. And over the coming decades, it risks cutting short the lives
- The global outbreak of COVID-19 had a significant impact on transportation in urban areas. The positive impacts of the pandemic on fuel consumption, road
- The global outbreak of COVID-19 had a significant impact on transportation in urban areas. The positive impacts of the pandemic on fuel consumption, road
- The global outbreak of COVID-19 had a significant impact on transportation in urban areas. The positive impacts of the pandemic on fuel consumption, road
- TORONTO—Conservatism today is, it could be argued, a bewildered philosophy, and an unwieldy morass of mutually incompatible, self‑contradictory, and amorphous ideas. Despite decades of
- TORONTO—Conservatism today is, it could be argued, a bewildered philosophy, and an unwieldy morass of mutually incompatible, self‑contradictory, and amorphous ideas. Despite decades of
- TORONTO—Conservatism today is, it could be argued, a bewildered philosophy, and an unwieldy morass of mutually incompatible, self‑contradictory, and amorphous ideas. Despite decades of
- LONDON, U.K.—If I have to read one more hand-wringing article about the ‘crisis of American democracy’ and what it means for the world, I’m
- LONDON, U.K.—If I have to read one more hand-wringing article about the ‘crisis of American democracy’ and what it means for the world, I’m
- LONDON, U.K.—If I have to read one more hand-wringing article about the ‘crisis of American democracy’ and what it means for the world, I’m
- Alex Marland has delivered another banger of a book. The award-winning author and Memorial University political science professor, who has carved out a niche as an
FeatureBY | December 21, 2020
FeatureBY | December 21, 2020
- Alex Marland has delivered another banger of a book. The award-winning author and Memorial University political science professor, who has carved out a niche as an
FeatureBY | December 21, 2020
- Alex Marland has delivered another banger of a book. The award-winning author and Memorial University political science professor, who has carved out a niche as an
- Some commentators, such as Andrew Coyne in a recent opinion piece in The Globe and Mail, suggest that what constitutes a vote of confidence
- Some commentators, such as Andrew Coyne in a recent opinion piece in The Globe and Mail, suggest that what constitutes a vote of confidence
- Some commentators, such as Andrew Coyne in a recent opinion piece in The Globe and Mail, suggest that what constitutes a vote of confidence
- Politicians, policy-makers, and health-care professionals have been too busy focusing on beating back the pandemic and trying to ensure Canadians are shielded from the
- Politicians, policy-makers, and health-care professionals have been too busy focusing on beating back the pandemic and trying to ensure Canadians are shielded from the
- Politicians, policy-makers, and health-care professionals have been too busy focusing on beating back the pandemic and trying to ensure Canadians are shielded from the
