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.
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.
In politics, a ‘near victory’ is a defeat
Why did so many voters conclude that it was more important to stop Pierre Poilievre than to deny the Liberals a rare ‘four-peat?’ How can they win if federal politics are indeed a two-horse race for at least the near future?
Trump 2.0 and the end of NATO
No one in the European Union’s defence ministries believe that Washington would risk a nuclear war to defend European cities.
