Bombardier jet giveaway hands Trump another win
TORONTO—Score another win for Donald Trump’s high-handed version of protectionism. Monday’s decision by Montreal-based Bombardier to give away control over its much-vaunted C Series jet virtually guarantees that the U.S. will get the lion’s share of any new jobs created. It also threatens to saddle taxpayers in Quebec and the rest of Canada with a […]
Feds’ Transportation Modernization Act is an empty shell
“An empty shell” is the first expression that comes to mind when people ask me about Bill C‑49, known as the Transportation Modernization Act. While modernizing the Transportation Act is important for all Canadians, the New Democrats believe that this omnibus bill sacrifices consumer rights in the interest of investors. I will focus on two […]
The paranoid politics of Islamophobia
TORONTO—For the last few weeks, Parliament has conducted hearings on M-103, the motion to study, among other things, Islamophobia. If you listen to conservative opponents of the motion, their overwhelming belief is that this motion will doom Canada into an illiberal fate where our most cherished freedom, the freedom of speech, will fall at the […]
We need to collectively and continually work towards common goal of giving women a voice
OTTAWA—“Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.” These words were written by Malala Yousafzi in 2013 and they resonate deeply for those who tirelessly strive for a better society and progressive change. They are words that inspire those working towards women’s human rights and gender equality. They are […]
Trudeau government ignoring single most important program to help small, midsize companies
TORONTO—How much should the country pay to save Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s political neck and rescue the Trudeau government from a looming political disaster? How about $3-billion over six years? This doesn’t include costly photo-ops across the country to unveil tax changes so that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and cabinet ministers could avoid facing Parliament. […]
Let’s be clear about fatigue in aviation
Canada has one of the safest transportation networks in the world. It’s also one of the largest, with people and goods constantly moving by ship, rail, pipeline, and air. At the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), we are always looking to make that system even safer. To that end, we conduct independent investigations to […]
Flaying, filleting, deep-frying of Morneau illustrates blood sport of politics: Riley
GATINEAU, QUE.—The flaying, filleting and deep-frying of Finance Minister Bill Morneau is a vivid illustration of how punishing a life in politics can be. Whatever his failures when it comes to disclosing his personal fortune—and we don’t yet have all the facts—his hitherto pristine reputation has been seriously damaged. It is a surprising turn of […]
Canadians shouldn’t start feeling all superior to our neighbours to the south
TORONTO—When do you cease to be a country? When do you stop being a people, a nation? Romeo LeBlanc, who I loved, had an answer. “When children sleep on the streets,” he said to us once. “When they have nothing to eat. That is when you are no longer a country, and when you become […]
Morneau should toughen up, answer the questions
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his merry band of Liberals are still the most popular political party in the land, but the bloom has come off the flower after two years in office. Finance Minister Bill Morneau, the multi-millionaire golden boy star cabinet minister who didn’t put his private assets into a blind trust before […]
Ottawa need not choose sides between Erbil and Baghdad
It has been a significant few weeks in Iraq with the historic Kurdish referendum for succession, the almost complete defeat of the so-called Islamic State, or Daesh, and the central government’s rapid and peaceful seizure of Kirkuk. The referendum, which was constitutionally illegal, was opposed by the Iraqi central government, the United States, the United […]
