
- The 2025 election results reveal the dangers of narrowing choices in an era that demands broader solutions.
- The 2025 election results reveal the dangers of narrowing choices in an era that demands broader solutions.

- This approach is hard. It’s slow. It challenges egos and requires patience. But it’s also the only way we’ll achieve systems-level change
- This approach is hard. It’s slow. It challenges egos and requires patience. But it’s also the only way we’ll achieve systems-level change
- Canada’s sovereignty is explicitly being targeted by the failed state of America. We will need to continue to rip down inter-provincial trade barriers like our country depends on it. We will need to be unified in the fight to maintain Canada as a sovereign democracy, not pitting regions against each other or trying to shoulder a better outcome for one group over another. That’s not really Canadian.
- Canada’s sovereignty is explicitly being targeted by the failed state of America. We will need to continue to rip down inter-provincial trade barriers like our country depends on it. We will need to be unified in the fight to maintain Canada as a sovereign democracy, not pitting regions against each other or trying to shoulder a better outcome for one group over another. That’s not really Canadian.
- Here’s to looking forward to political debates when Indigenous voices ask the leaders about their commitments to reconciliation, and asks about the economy on
- The sad fact is that all border treaty discussions between Britain—and then Canada—with the United States did not include Indigenous Peoples.
- Don’t give up, relationships matter, hubris is still a killer, and be careful what you wish for.
- Don’t give up, relationships matter, hubris is still a killer, and be careful what you wish for.
- OTTAWA—Just before this election began, it was billed as one of—if not the—most consequential of our time. Indeed, it may be, given the threat
- If you want to see how well breaking things up for the sake of it goes, take a look down south.
- Can the Royal Canadian Navy really lose a capability that it doesn't actually possess?
- Can the Royal Canadian Navy really lose a capability that it doesn't actually possess?
- Both governing parties have a proven track record of neglecting Canada's national defence and veterans.
- If our old relationship with the U.S. ‘is over,’ then we can learn from our southernmost neighbour how to be creative in rethinking what constitutes defence spending in Canada.

- Had Donald Trump not weighed in with his threat to annex Canada, and had Justin Trudeau decided to remain and fight this election, the outcome would definitely be quite different.
- Had Donald Trump not weighed in with his threat to annex Canada, and had Justin Trudeau decided to remain and fight this election, the outcome would definitely be quite different.
- If the Liberal leader keeps his cool and avoids attack mode, he can reinforce the impression that he is calm, thoughtful, and fully prepared
- We are at the halfway point in the election, but much could happen in the yin and the yang of the campaign.
- Pierre Poilievre’s polished daily performances continue to be, primarily, laments for the sorry state of the country, extended complaints about the 'lost Liberal decade,' simplistic policy promises and the occasional tangle with any real journalist who breaks through the daunting line of party enforcers that police every large rally.
- Pierre Poilievre’s polished daily performances continue to be, primarily, laments for the sorry state of the country, extended complaints about the 'lost Liberal decade,' simplistic policy promises and the occasional tangle with any real journalist who breaks through the daunting line of party enforcers that police every large rally.
- If polls and general chatter are accurate, voters may be ready for more content, less contempt.
- There is a new Liberal in town, a blue-suit Liberal, and all these ordinary concerns—although climate change is hardly trivial—seem to be set aside in face of a more immediate threat: Donald Trump and his shy surrogate north of the border.
- Designing a far-reaching innovation/productivity strategy must be the core priority for the new government, and one that must preoccupy our newly elected prime minister from day one.
- Designing a far-reaching innovation/productivity strategy must be the core priority for the new government, and one that must preoccupy our newly elected prime minister from day one.
- If Canada is to succeed, we have to recognize not only that we live in a shifting geopolitical order, but also in a technological
- So far, the politicians are letting us down. If the job of government is to represent the future to the present, they get a failing grade. But we will all be losers.
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- The 2025 election results reveal the dangers of narrowing choices in an era that demands broader solutions.
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