UN report a wake-up call for Canada to protect migrant worker rights
Will the government finally listen, or will it keep tweaking a 60-year-old program that endangers migrant workers for yet another generation?
Ottawa will be poorer after the ‘Travel Magician’ Scott McCord’s vanishing act, writes Perrin Beatty
Re: “Scott McCord: the unsung hero of travel,” (The Hill Times, Aug. 26, p. 13). Sharon Kaur’s recent column about Scott McCord’s decision to hand in his title as Canada’s Travel Magician certainly resonated with me—and, I suspect, with hundreds of others he’s saved from travel purgatory over the years. It’s said that a Taylor […]
Temporary worker program needs a bigger reset
As the Liberals look to staunch the political bleeding, they’re turning to hot-button issues long derided as untouchable or anathema to their brand. The latest sacred cow is immigration, and another sacrifice was made to the polling gods at the start of the week when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault announced […]
It’s the prime minister’s ship, and everyone is just along for the ride
It is hard to conceive that any other organization would mimic the approach of the current government to right its ship.
Was radio cool in the 1960s and ’70s? Mais Oui!
Longtime DJ Marc Denis says his objective has always been ‘to bring the ‘Two Solitudes’ together through radio.’
The independent Senate amends legislation like never before
If the Upper Chamber is amending many bills—improving them—then it is doing exactly what the Senate is supposed to do.
Child welfare reform deal presents a fork in the road to reconciliation
While a positive outcome for the First Nations child welfare agreement is not assured, it’s an opportunity that shouldn’t be missed.
Trudeau misses opportunity for brand reset ahead of cabinet retreat
Celebrity is hard to sustain in Canadian politics. Justin Trudeau should shine the spotlight on the rest of his team—after a shakeup of his senior ranks.
Canadian security in a 21st century world
Unlike the threats of past millennia, planetary warming could ultimately lead to the destruction of what sustains human civilization and life as we know it.
Security trumps democracy at the DNC
The Democratic National Convention’s security environment made sure that no intersection took place between the persuaders and the persuadable. It’s hard to see how a democracy can survive or flourish in such a setting.
