Observations from Jim Carr’s Generation Energy conference
Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr hosted the Generation Energy conference in Winnipeg from Oct. 11-12, a culmination of a national discussion on Canada’s future energy needs that took place over 25 weeks, with online input form 320,000 Canadians and another 30,000 from outside our borders. At the 600-person gathering, many interesting things were said and […]
Answers desperately needed in Boyle kidnapping saga
“Taking your pregnant wife to a very dangerous place, to me, and the kind of person I am, is unconscionable.” This statement to ABC News comes from Jim Coleman, the father of American Caitlan Coleman, who alongside her Canadian husband Joshua Boyle were kidnapped in Afghanistan some five years ago and freed some two weeks […]
Canada must rethink trade strategy after a half-century of U.S. special access
OTTAWA—On Jan. 16, 1965, prime minister Lester Pearson sat next to U.S. president Lyndon Johnson at an outdoor table at Johnson’s ranch in Texas to sign the papers bringing the Canada-U.S. Auto Pact into existence. Old footage shows Johnson looking vague about the whole thing while Pearson exuded satisfaction. At the time, there appeared to […]
What does victory look like for Canada in Iraq?
OTTAWA—With more than 800 Canadian troops committed to be deployed in what is still recognized internationally as Iraq, one would think that there would be a lot more news about the ominous developments in that war-ravaged country. The problem is that when Canadians first entered the fray in 2014 the Harper government of the day […]
Scrap Chapter 11 investment mechanism from NAFTA
There has been a great deal of coverage about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s trip to Washington for NAFTA renegotiation, but I haven’t seen very much coverage of what NAFTA is doing to us here at home right now. Currently, an oil and gas company, Lone Pine Resources Inc., is using the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) […]
Why Saudi Arabia, Israel praise Trump’s Iran nuclear-deal strategy
LONDON, U.K.—Five months ago, during Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia, he was invited to open the “Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology.” (I’m not making that up.) The huge, darkened room he was in looked like a cross between a starship bridge and a television control room. And there was a photo-op, as there […]
Donald Trump, change agent
For a guy who violates multiple rules of common sense on a daily basis, Donald Trump has ushered in more than his share of change-making political innovations. As an agent of change, Trump has introduced the widespread use of the term “fake news” to our dystopian political vernacular, enabling the leader of the world’s flagship […]
Liberals have put their foot in it with fiscal missteps
OTTAWA—It seems the Trudeau government has lost its mojo. There was a time when nothing could cut down the vibe of invincibility that was Trudeau 2.0. They were hip-hop, non-stop, cool, connected and no one doubted they were firmly on the top of the Canadian political charts. Two years in and two years away from […]
Justin Trudeau: Robin Hood for the rich
Justin Trudeau and the Liberals came to power two years ago, and every day I ask myself the same question: who are they really working for? The government’s responsibility is to work for all Canadians by implementing policies that ensure a fair distribution of wealth, and allowing everyone to benefit from public infrastructure and quality […]
Board of Internal Economy opening a historic first step, but the test will be if transparency holds
This week, the House of Commons Board of Internal Economy will hold its first-ever public meeting. It comes after the Liberals promised in the last election to open up the board to the public. “Except in rare cases requiring confidentiality, meetings of this group will be open to the public,” said their platform. The board […]
