- The Conservatives’ focus vanishes as quickly as a former prime minister’s shirt on a yacht off the coast of Santa Barbara when they turn their gaze to that same fellow.
- The Conservatives’ focus vanishes as quickly as a former prime minister’s shirt on a yacht off the coast of Santa Barbara when they turn their gaze to that same fellow.
- The recent U.S. navy attacks on shipping off the coast of Venezuela have raised concerns at DND headquarters in Ottawa.
- The recent U.S. navy attacks on shipping off the coast of Venezuela have raised concerns at DND headquarters in Ottawa.

- With Parliament back, Canada has a chance to do more than listen, we can legislate with youth, design with youth, and rebuild trust with youth.
- With Parliament back, Canada has a chance to do more than listen, we can legislate with youth, design with youth, and rebuild trust with youth.
- In the budget discussions, it might be worth remembering that reconciliation means fixing systems that are broken. This includes wildly huge administrative budgets.
- In the budget discussions, it might be worth remembering that reconciliation means fixing systems that are broken. This includes wildly huge administrative budgets.
- When reconciliation is a value as well as a necessity in order to uphold Canada’s place in the world, then it doesn't get bumped
- The premier in Quebec wants to outlaw prayer in public. It sounds like a Saturday Night Live sketch, but it isn’t.
- The Conservatives’ focus vanishes as quickly as a former prime minister’s shirt on a yacht off the coast of Santa Barbara when they turn their gaze to that same fellow.
- The Conservatives’ focus vanishes as quickly as a former prime minister’s shirt on a yacht off the coast of Santa Barbara when they turn their gaze to that same fellow.
- The government needs to realize the armchair play-calling about its aptitude or lack thereof in dealing with the U.S. is going to kick up.
- Newfoundland and Labrador voters will go to the provincial ballot box on Oct. 14, but all is quiet on the polling front.
- The recent U.S. navy attacks on shipping off the coast of Venezuela have raised concerns at DND headquarters in Ottawa.
- The recent U.S. navy attacks on shipping off the coast of Venezuela have raised concerns at DND headquarters in Ottawa.
- Now that documents used to allege that David Pugliese is a Russian spy have been debunked as forgeries, the Public Safety and National Security
- As important as Canadian defence issues might seem, what happens south of our border will have a far greater impact on our future as a nation.

- The message from the Newfoundland and Labrador election is loud and clear: Rural voices will not be silenced. The Canadian government needs to listen.
- The message from the Newfoundland and Labrador election is loud and clear: Rural voices will not be silenced. The Canadian government needs to listen.
- This one-off is much more than it appears to be. Along with finalizing the fall date on a permanent basis, the government is also
- Mark Carney needs something to show that Liberals don’t just care about mega-projects. No tax on food could be a good place to start.
- The question: is corporate Canada ready to do its part? It certainly won’t refuse emergency funding to see it through the current uncertainty. But how able, and willing, is it to disrupt decades-old supply chains, retool its factories, and redirect its efforts away from the United States?
- The question: is corporate Canada ready to do its part? It certainly won’t refuse emergency funding to see it through the current uncertainty. But how able, and willing, is it to disrupt decades-old supply chains, retool its factories, and redirect its efforts away from the United States?
- Whatever the outcome of the NDP leadership campaign, Avi Lewis is a lively, intelligent player who could bring confidence and colour to a lustreless
- Mark Carney appears open to changing details, if not his overall direction, in the face of pushback, and that direction is not dictated by ideology, but by pragmatism. But he is hard to read.

- Canada’s poor performance on innovation is apparent in the World Intellectual Property Organization's 2025 Global Innovation Report which ranks our nation in 17th spot, compared to 14th a year earlier.
- Canada’s poor performance on innovation is apparent in the World Intellectual Property Organization's 2025 Global Innovation Report which ranks our nation in 17th spot, compared to 14th a year earlier.
- Meanwhile, we need much greater debate on our choices—and this is where Parliament is derelict in its duty.
- Canada faces enormous challenges and disruptive change in transitioning to an economy that can thrive in a world of sweeping change in technologies, markets and sustainability. Responding to these challenges has to be the focus of the next budget.
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- Doug Ford's photo-op may have been a silly and overly theatrical stunt, but as someone once said, 'if it’s stupid but works, then it isn’t stupid.' And, make no mistake, this worked for Ford.
- Doug Ford's photo-op may have been a silly and overly theatrical stunt, but as someone once said, 'if it’s stupid but works, then it isn’t stupid.' And, make no mistake, this worked for Ford.
- Until their respective political circumstances change, Canada’s political parties will be heading down different strategic paths.
- Mark Carney realizes that, for the average voter, economics trumps everything else, including the environment. But he has his work cut out for him.

- It’s also time we dropped our anti-China bias. With a financially stressed America retreating into self-centred protectionism, it is time for Canada to assert its independence in a world of new allies and new opportunities.
- It’s also time we dropped our anti-China bias. With a financially stressed America retreating into self-centred protectionism, it is time for Canada to assert its independence in a world of new allies and new opportunities.
- If Donald Trump had laid out a detailed plan for a two-state solution, complete with deadlines, he would have richly deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. There
- It may all come down to what issue will prevail: the preferred prime minister or the price of eggs.
- U.S. President Donald Trump has interfered in both Brazilian and Argentine politics, and the U.S. Navy continues its strikes off Venezuela’s coast in a humiliating show of disregard for the country.
- U.S. President Donald Trump has interfered in both Brazilian and Argentine politics, and the U.S. Navy continues its strikes off Venezuela’s coast in a humiliating show of disregard for the country.
- Far too much money is being spent on long-odds bets that some new artificial intelligence tech will appear that justifies the current ridiculously high
- Jane Goodall’s research revealed chimpanzees were far more like us than anybody had suspected. One aspect was deeply troubling: they fight wars. Like us.
- The Liberals have been left to draw up a budget package in the midst of the destruction of the trade relationship that is the modern Canadian economy.
- The Liberals have been left to draw up a budget package in the midst of the destruction of the trade relationship that is the modern Canadian economy.
- Budgets have always tended to be historical markers that stood as a defining or make-or-break moment for federal governments.
- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith made it clear she would see anything but a go-ahead from Ottawa as a powerful accelerant for the smouldering Alberta separatist movement.
- The prime minister is doing well on the leadership front relative to his opponents, but his early stats on community outreach, combatting fascism, and Indigenous reconciliation are poor.
- The prime minister is doing well on the leadership front relative to his opponents, but his early stats on community outreach, combatting fascism, and Indigenous reconciliation are poor.
- All of this political theatre, and they didn’t even destroy the uranium they pretended to seek. What a waste of time, money, and military
- Bill C-5 is environmental racism, which this current government has no problem with committing since it can steamroll any study or assessment that proves as much.
- Re-engagement with India makes strategic sense. Without political accountability and institutional backbone, it risks repeating past failures.
- Re-engagement with India makes strategic sense. Without political accountability and institutional backbone, it risks repeating past failures.
- As the UN debates Palestinian statehood on Sept. 22, the prime minister must decide whether to shape the conversation or to keep equivocating.
- With the Carney Liberals occupying the centre-right, the Conservatives face a hard question: evolve to lead a changing Canada or stay stuck in a political cul-de-sac of grievance and nostalgia.