Iran’s rapidly eroding theocracy
In a 45-year-old system in which the Supreme Leader always has the last word, can the reformist presidential candidate’s win really make a difference?
Environmental checkup: reviewing governments’ clean-economy performance
As Canada’s environment ministers prepare to meet, we examined how their governments are performing on climate, energy, and preparedness for the clean economy.
Quantum technology presents Canada a chance for national security and defence spending
Canada can advance on its NATO target to spend two per cent of GDP on defence by making investments in the research and development of quantum technologies.
An authoritarian hurricane approaches. Can democracy stop it?
All the signs are there for the rise of fascism. The angst is that we see it coming like a hurricane. The question remaining is if politics is the actor to stop it.
Bumpy road ahead for CUSMA negotiations
Would it be better to have a bad deal than no deal at all? The very question would test Canadian unity.
Memo to incumbents: voters are fed up
The consequences may be different, but the message from voters in three G7 countries is the same: the status quo isn’t working, and we’re not going to take it anymore.
If only our leaders would focus on what binds us, Canada has so much to offer: Ottawa reader
Re: “What this country needs is more pride and hope, especially right now,” (The Hill Times, July 1). You don’t know me, although I have read many of David Crane’s columns over the years. But his piece in Monday’s issue of The Hill Times caused me to write you—something I never do—simply to say thank you. Crane summed […]
Bill C-63 a poorly written bill, should be ditched or rewritten, from scratch: Thomas Woodley
Re: “Foreign interference bill passes, but online harms and citizenship bills left on hold until House comes back,” (The Hill Times, July 1). In my opinion, I thought this story gave a very one-sided perspective of the Online Harms Act, Bill C-63. By choosing to interview only Shimon Fogel, CEO of the pro-Israel Centre for […]
Liberals need a new narrative
By losing the recent byelection, the Liberals not only lost a chance at creating a good narrative, but also lost control of the narrative. If the party is going to survive this, it’ll need a new story very soon.
Call it the revenge of Tricky Dick
Former U.S. president Richard Nixon once said, ‘Well, if the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.’ Two weeks ago, in a decision split along ideological lines, six of the nine U.S. justices ruled that a president does have immunity when he is acting in his official capacity. In other words, he is indeed above the law, rising to the status of what many commentators are calling a king. The times are, indeed, out of joint. Call it the revenge of Tricky Dick.
