The cornerstone for peace is food, but armed conflicts wipe out livelihoods and agri-food systems
The time is now. Words on paper are insufficient. To make progress, we need global leaders to turn away from armed conflict.
Ukraine: rumours and ceasefires
Don’t expect anything to happen on this front before November. If Donald Trump loses the U.S. election, Russia might be willing to sign a deal that gives them a quarter of the country, but Ukraine would want more territory back before negotiating a ceasefire.
Shielding shadows: Canada’s opacity in deporting Iran’s regime officials
It is crucial that the Canadian government take action by publicly naming these senior regime officials, regardless of the ultimate decision surrounding their deportation.
Competitive air travel in Canada starts with public investment
In peer countries, air infrastructure is viewed as a national economic asset worthy of major investment from government or public-private partnerships. Why shouldn’t Canadians benefit from the same approach?
Feds’ Green Buildings Strategy a good start—but more is needed
Without greater investment and a holistic, community-centred approach focused on reducing energy bills, the new program won’t go far enough in solving the needs of low-income households across Canada.
Canadian politics needs more coconut trees
Authenticity in politics—easier said than done. We say we want it, and lament its endangered status in the Canadian political sphere. But on the rare occasion an authentic moment rears its head—like when a politician goes off script to speak their own mind, in their own words—it’s all-too-often put down. By party brass, upset that […]
Language Commissioner’s report fails to come to grips with anglophone angst in Quebec
The report fails in so many ways, but it also ignores the purpose of the original Official Languages Act.
Paris Olympics reaffirmed the power of sport
We should be thanking Canada’s Olympians for the way they’ve lifted the country, and showed the true potency and goodness of the power of sport.
Procrastination on Canada Health Act interpretation leaves patients with the bill
We’ve all missed a deadline or two, but, as happens too often, delays in key policy updates have real and harmful consequences for our patients’ access to care.
Responsibility for recent missile attack still unknown: CJPME
Re: “Netanyahu’s game,” (The Hill Times, Aug. 5). Gwynne Dyer is merely speculating when he claims Hezbollah was responsible for the “random” missile “that killed a dozen young Druze who were playing football.” We don’t yet know the truth. Hezbollah issued a rare denial. Many experts have indicated that it would make no strategic sense […]
