Trudeau attends National Prayer Breakfast
Peace Tower in bloom
India’s high commissioner to Canada to deliver speech to Montreal Council on Foreign Relations on May 7
MONDAY, MAY 6 House Sitting Schedule—The House is scheduled to sit for a total of 125 days in 2024. The House is sitting May 6-May 10. The House returns on Tuesday, May 21, after the Victoria Day holiday, and will sit for five straight weeks until June 21. The House resumes sitting on Sept. 16, […]
Vaillant’s Fire Weather looks at devastating synergy between our dependence on fossil fuels and its impact on the climate
Below is an excerpt from Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast, by John Vaillant, published by Knopf Canada, one of the five finalists for this year’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.
‘This is a big night’: Politics and the Pen returns for annual black-tie event
This year’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize nominees touch on wildfire, threats to democracy, the criminal justice system, social insecurity, and national unity.
Our neighbour is an eroding democracy
An eroding democracy is a threat to democracy in its neighbours. The following is an excerpt from Not Here: Why American Democracy is Eroding and How Canada Can Protect Itself, by Rob Goodman. The book is one of the five finalists for this year’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.
Perrin puts the criminal justice system on trial
Our criminal justice system is facing an existential crisis. The following is an excerpt from Benjamin Perrin’s book, Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial, one of five finalists for this year’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.
Inequality and its pernicious effects on culture and democracy
The following is an excerpt from The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart, by Astra Taylor, and published by House of Anansi Press. The book is one of five finalists for this year’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.
Savoie gets to the bottom of the story in Canada: Beyond Grudges, Grievances, and Disunity
The following is an excerpt from Canada: Beyond Grudges, Grievances, and Disunity, by Donald Savoie, one of five books shortlisted for this year’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.
Wells’ book on Trudeau hits bookshelves this week
Plus, former Australian PM Tony Abbott joins the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Tim Powers set to run the 96th Tely Ten with his son Patrick, the National Prayer Breakfast is this week, and Jeff Rubin has a new book.
