It’s Hurricane Trump, hot air and no character
Nature at its worst has seen Puerto Rico attacked by Hurricane Irma and then Hurricane Maria with all of its fierce and deadly wind and hot air. Then instead of nurture there is another attack from U.S. President Donald Trump with all his hot air. With so many problems to be solved in the world […]
Beginning this week, it will be easier to become a Canadian citizen
TORONTO—Beginning this week, it’s going to be easier for immigrants with permanent resident status to become Canadian citizens. The new law requires the applicant to have a three-year physical presence in Canada during the last five years, instead of four in the last six. Immigration is complex and covers economic, security and, most importantly, human […]
Bring faith back into Canadian politics
TORONTO—I recently attended a leadership workshop where a guest speaker spoke about the importance of listening, supporting her point by articulating that “God” gave us two ears, but only one mouth, so that we would listen more, and talk less. It was quite a surprise to hear that word, God, in such a setting, since […]
“The U.S. Commerce Department has proposed a 219 per cent duty on Bombardier C-Series planes entering the U.S. Should the federal government respond? If so, how?” by Laura Ryckewaert
Cameron Ahmad Liberal strategist “Our government is a strong supporter of Canada’s aerospace industry—an industry that creates thousands of good middle-class jobs across the country. We completely disagree with the anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations, which are without a doubt aimed at eliminating Bombardier’s C-Series aircraft from the U.S. market. “We know that the U.S. […]
Coping with Trump, there’s no such thing U.S. government policy, especially foreign policy
LONDON, U.K.—We have to face facts: there is no U.S. federal government any more in the normal sense of the word. Social Security payments still get made and the 2.79 million federal civil servants still get paid, but there is no such thing as U.S. government policy—especially foreign policy. Take the U.S. defence secretary, former […]
Nicholls’ divisive politics belongs in a museum
Re: “Scheer should apologize fro his apology,” (The Hill Times, Gerry Nicholls, Oct. 2, p. 10). “Well, first off, when you’re apologizing, you’re not attacking and when you’re not attacking you’re losing,” Mr. Nicholls writes. Wow. If there ever was an argument for modifying our adversarial political system in favour of a more collaborative one, […]
Foreign workers should be eligible to apply for permanent residence prior to or upon arrival to Canada
This past weekend we gathered around the dinner table with family and friends to give thanks. Often we acknowledge the delicious bounty that’s before us. If grown in Canada, this bounty is often tended to and harvested by people like Gabriel from St. Lucia in the Caribbean who works on a produce farm near Guelph. […]
Two years from now, we’ll be in midst of election 2019 campaign: let’s look at the leaders
TORONTO—It may be hard to believe, but two years from now we could be in the midst of a federal election campaign. In barely a month, we will be at the mid-point of the Trudeau government’s mandate. Next year, we will start to see positioning for the 2019 federal election. If Canadians are to be […]
On climate change, feds must catch up not slow down
The recent report by the federal environment commissioner shows that the government has to work harder to meet Canada’s greenhouse gas reduction targets under the Paris Agreement. The report is a wake-up call. Canada is not on track to meet its 2030 climate commitments, while timelines on policy implementation are getting longer and measures to […]
Enough talk, time to act on climate change
Julie Gelfand, Canada’s commissioner of environment and sustainable development, who tabled five audit reports last week, gave a “failing grade” to 14 government departments, including Environment Canada and Finance Canada, for their work to assess and to prepare for the risks of climate change. Only five of the 19 departments she looked at had identified […]
