Carney cabinet gets off to a rocky start

Last week, some of Mark Carney’s cabinet ministers looked like rookies, and their lack of political savviness could drag down the cabinet at a time when Carney has the chance to successfully lead the country through this transformational time in history and potentially become a rallying point for the Western world.
If anybody should have left Canada, it was First Nations

No province or territory is systematically victimized. If you want to talk systematic victimization and systemic underfunding, then look no further than at First Nations and Inuit communities. For Alberta to attempt to claim to be the victim in Canada’s Confederation is beyond truth and far into the falsehood swamp.
Bullying is just a poor substitute for competence: letter writer

Re: “Poilievre can only survive as party leader if he makes ‘seismic’ changes to his ‘inner circle’ and to his approach, say current and former senior Conservatives,” (The Hill Times, May 5, by Abbas Rana). How sad that Conservative supporters have become so habituated to nasty behaviour by their political leaders that they now view […]
Will Carney bow, bribe, and buckle to win over Danielle Smith? We know how that ends

Maybe, if this summer’s wildfires and other disruptions become bad enough, they will refocus public attention on climate and Mark Carney’s new government will be forced to respond.
Canada’s biggest problem is bigger than Trump, he only popped the bubble that Canada was living in

Trump’s disruption shone a light on fundamental changes that are needed in order for Canada to survive and thrive in this new global trade era. Canada needs a new playbook. The tides have changed from the wave of free trade Canada adopted over the last 30 years, requiring a new course toward a more strategic and somewhat protectionist approach.
Canadians need an urgent privacy reform

This country urgently needs updated privacy laws to protect Canadians and support inclusive and responsible innovation.
Polls, the campaign, and Pierre Poilievre

Pierre Poilievre dramatically narrowed the lead the Liberals had built—10 per cent at one point—but he carried too much political baggage. His attack-dog persona in the run-up to the campaign demonstrated a lack of internal calibration; he looked like a schoolboy next to Mark Carney who comported himself with erudition and sobriety.
Is Canada’s electric vehicle industry on a collision course?

The new Carney government and our provincial governments must take stock of the decline in the automotive manufacturing sector, and ask if the push to electrify the manufacturing base is in the long-term best interests of Canadians.
Message to Foreign Minister Anand: build doctrine, not optics

Anita Anand’s appointment as foreign affairs minister is a chance to end Canada’s drift and define a sovereign foreign policy rooted in purpose, not proximity.
Readying the country to ‘defend against help’

Canada must focus on what we can do on our own without American assistance—and perhaps in opposition to Washington’s desires in the Arctic.