Haiti needs home-grown bottom-up solutions, not top-down foreign interference
Many Canadian prime ministers have meddled in Haiti before, but this time, we’ve outsourced the solution to Kenyan soldiers.
Northern cod controversy: more than just fish
The Liberal government must honour its commitment, and reverse its decision to end the northern cod moratorium. Anything less is a betrayal of the promises made and the communities that depend on it.
Le Pen’s French election victory no cause for panic
The National Rally is an exceptionally nasty group. It now wears a smiling mask to attract naive new members nursing a grievance, but also constantly blows on a big dog whistle.
The federal government plans to expand the ’25-and-out’ pension
While most Canadian employers are trying to reduce pension costs and many economists argue for raising the retirement age, the public service will have more people retiring earlier.
NATO runs on hard power, the UN on soft
The work of peacebuilding is not as headline-snaring as building up the military to fight wars. Governments are now spending $2.4-trillion annually on their militaries, but only $24-billion—that’s one per cent—on humanitarian aid.
Revolutionary change to our health care is required—and possible
We need our health-system leaders to act courageously and fully commit to health-care reinvention to drive better patient outcomes, and a sustainable modern system.
Immigrants back regularization for undocumented people
Regularization is not about rewarding lawbreakers; it’s about rectifying systemic failings that leave many people vulnerable and uncertain.
Navigating artificial intelligence: the Global South can lead the way
In the Global North, it’s corporations that tend to drive AI research and innovations, while across Africa, ‘communities of practice’ are in the driver’s seat, ensuring AI is safe, inclusive, rights-based, and sustainable.
The West staring down last-minute enormous changes
Three of the four biggest western countries are facing elections that may radically change their political orientations.
We are the hope we have been waiting for: letter writer
The June 15 suicide of a young person in the Waverley Grand Mosque of Manitoba must not be met with pithy aspirational words and violent abdicating platitudes. As the deluge of “Muslims and Palestinians, Jews and Israelis are inherently violent” propaganda and hateful takes compound and punctuate this gaping loss, the truth remains that we […]
