The elephant missing from the foreign interference room

It is tiresome listening to and watching the media blather on about foreign interference. Talking empty heads bloviating about Elizabeth May, bloviating about Jagmeet Singh, bloviating about what this or that person thinks. What is missing from the political and pundit speculation is this: what information has or is the Canadian Security Intelligence Service passing […]
Strip aggressors of UN Security Council veto, says McElroy

Re: “Stop the Munich analogies,” (The Hill Times, June 17, p. 7). “To argue that a ‘Great War is coming,’ the doom-mongers have to pretend that such a war will be necessary to stop the Russians,” writes Gwynne Dyer. Dyer also states we need to “keep working on building the international rule of law, no […]
Rethinking the NATO commitment

With a 75-year track record of 1-for-5, maybe NATO should have simply disbanded after they won the Cold War.
Canada has a procurement problem. Here’s one way to fix it

We need legislation to allow bypassing the traditional procurement process, and instead outsource the development of new solutions to the private sector and non-profits.
MPs should be eyeing a bigger chopping block for interference issues

On top of allegations of foreign government meddling, domestically, there is a growing pattern of interfering with, delaying, and repressing requests made under Canada’s limited access to information legislation.
Far-right figures blame NATO, Biden for Russian aggression

If the North Atlantic Treaty Organization had not expanded to Russia’s borders, it would all still be peace and love in Europe, according to that logic.
Keeping clips in context: MPs should convince Canadians with arguments, not edits

For a room designed to host debate, the House increasingly feels like a recording studio. Has its purpose shifted?
Sec. 35 rights are not to be given to just anybody

Indigenous rights are for Indigenous Peoples.
Is Carney gunning for Trudeau’s job?

If I were Trudeau, I’d watch my back.
Federal politics has entered a ‘none-of-the-above’ phase

Despite his plummeting personal popularity, Justin Trudeau is still in the game.