- If nothing else, it has given Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a national mission that resonates with most Canadians.
- If nothing else, it has given Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a national mission that resonates with most Canadians.
- Intervention is needed when competition falters, and monopolies become entrenched.
- Intervention is needed when competition falters, and monopolies become entrenched.
- In Canada the meager momentum of climate mitigation is stalling out. As the gloom of winter sets in it’s easy to be depressed, but in defeat there are seeds of future mitigation success if we wake up and get serious about what is at stake.
- In Canada the meager momentum of climate mitigation is stalling out. As the gloom of winter sets in it’s easy to be depressed, but in defeat there are seeds of future mitigation success if we wake up and get serious about what is at stake.
- Stop the ever-expanding shadow civil service called the minister’s office staff, and please stop fighting in court against the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
- Stop the ever-expanding shadow civil service called the minister’s office staff, and please stop fighting in court against the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
- Come January, we will no longer have a trustworthy neighbour. ‘Chaos’ best describes what might happen south of the border for the next four years,
- In a time of fear and legitimate risks from too many parts of the world, we need political leaders who ethically refuse to use the fear to their own advantage.
- While the government certainly has the right to try to extend its useful life until October 2025, Canadians might like to hit the reset button.
- While the government certainly has the right to try to extend its useful life until October 2025, Canadians might like to hit the reset button.
- The Liberal government is well past the point of hoping that sprinkling a few bucks here and there will fix what ails both them
- Keep the incoming U.S. president focused on himself so that he stays away from things that could hurt us.
- New drone technology is dominating the modern battlefield, but Canada’s procurement team is barely trying to play catch up.
- New drone technology is dominating the modern battlefield, but Canada’s procurement team is barely trying to play catch up.
- The Navy’s commander thinks we could stop Russia or China from transiting through the Northwest Passage without official permission
- One bill is designed to prohibit transgender pronoun choices by minors, another restricts transgender access to human rights support.
- One bill is designed to prohibit transgender pronoun choices by minors, another restricts transgender access to human rights support.
- Justin Trudeau continues to make announcements about good public policy with zero supportive government advertising. It is almost as though Trudeau wants to lose
- At the conclusion of the anti-Boissonnault attack, there’s only one question that matters: which political party has a plan to tackle the gross injustices Indigenous People have faced since colonization?
- Economic gears have been grinding in unsettling ways since the pandemic, there are no quick fixes, and the first responsibility of any government should be to protect the vulnerable. Everyone else will survive—and may even find something to celebrate.
- Economic gears have been grinding in unsettling ways since the pandemic, there are no quick fixes, and the first responsibility of any government should be to protect the vulnerable. Everyone else will survive—and may even find something to celebrate.
- If this is public broadcasting’s last chance to save itself, it needs to move fast—and the majority of Canadians who, polls say, still support
- Donald Trump’s return will only make things worse. He's called climate change 'a scam,' EVs useless, and boasted that America 'has more liquid gold than any country in the world'—promising, repeatedly, to drill and frack every last drop.
- Building a new defence industrial base, with a core of advanced Canadian companies with global prospects for their technologies, is an opportunity we cannot afford to miss. So we must be sure we don’t.
- Building a new defence industrial base, with a core of advanced Canadian companies with global prospects for their technologies, is an opportunity we cannot afford to miss. So we must be sure we don’t.
- So while we should take Trump seriously, we have to make sure that the Trump administration understands that Canada has cards, too.
- Despite Donald Trump, Canada will have policymaking room to do more of what we need to do, if we are ready to try. We owe it to the next generation. The biggest impediment will not be Trump, but ourselves.
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- In the years ahead, we can expect Conservative populism, Liberal pragmatism, and NDP contemplation.
- In the years ahead, we can expect Conservative populism, Liberal pragmatism, and NDP contemplation.
- What does all this joy-versus-anger stuff teach us? If you’re going to campaign solely on emotion, make sure that it's in sync with the public
- If the Conservatives see their poll numbers dropping, they’ll quickly respond by increasing their own ad buys and intensifying their attacks on the Liberals.
- Biden is not the first politician to cut a family member a break, either with a job or a pardon. But what Biden did may be the worst example of a president who has emphatically confused his obligations as a family member with his duties as a public office holder.
- Biden is not the first politician to cut a family member a break, either with a job or a pardon. But what Biden did may be the worst example of a president who has emphatically confused his obligations as a family member with his duties as a public office holder.
- Donald Trump has all but crushed due process in the United States and Netanyahu tried to pass legislation in Israel that would have given
- If anyone thought that Donald Trump’s outrageous promises on the campaign trail were mere rhetoric to give woodies to his frothing base, his staffing appointments reveal the worst case.
- The largely peaceful and non-violent nature of the Assad regime’s collapse has created no conquering hero whose charisma overshadows all potential rivals.
- The largely peaceful and non-violent nature of the Assad regime’s collapse has created no conquering hero whose charisma overshadows all potential rivals.
- Happily, the rapid reaction of the civilian defenders of democracy made further debate within the South Korean armed forces unnecessary, but what might happen
- It’s no coincidence that the war in Syria restarted just as Hezbollah was defeated in Lebanon, since Lebanon and Syria were part of the same province for most of the last 1,000 years. The French divided them in 1920, ostensibly because there was a big Christian minority in Lebanon, but really as part of an imperial strategy of divide-and-rule.
- If nothing else, it has given Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a national mission that resonates with most Canadians.
- If nothing else, it has given Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a national mission that resonates with most Canadians.
- Whatever Donald Trump says about his reasons for slapping tariffs on Canadian imports, it’s safe to assume it's only part of the story.
- Any radical demands will have to take a back seat now that Trump has lumped Canada and Mexico together in his vow to impose 25 per cent tariffs.
- In the great social-media migration, Bluesky is offering a respite to users sick of hate.
- In the great social-media migration, Bluesky is offering a respite to users sick of hate.
- Governments pick winners and losers in labour disputes. Who do you think they align with? Hint: it’s not you.
- Liberal America failed hard because they all talk down to us, gaslight us, and want to push neoliberalism down our throats.
- These changes could address oversight of the federal public service, such as the seemingly political stances of Privy Council Clerk John Hannaford.
- These changes could address oversight of the federal public service, such as the seemingly political stances of Privy Council Clerk John Hannaford.
- Real change will occur only if parliamentary reform is an election issue. It will force party leaders to unite to address emergent crises.
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is hands-down best suited to take on Donald Trump, having a proven track-record dealing with the Republican's trade attacks and protectionism.