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Was expecting facts, not attacks: O’Connor

Re: “An industry fact-check on nuclear waste,” (The Hill Times, letter to the editor, Jan. 15). One would expect professionals of a high calibre to use the limited lineage of a letter to the editor to their best advantage, and highlight matter backed by robust scientific inquiry or wide social consensus. Instead, more than half […]

OPG plays guessing game with its ‘predictions’: Greening

(Re. Letter to the editor, Jan. 15, 2025) In a recent letter to The Hill Times on the topic of the proposed siting of a used fuel deep geological repository, the authors confidently assert that “while concerns are being raised, they are not concerns about anything that could actually occur.” Such a statement is typical […]

It’s going to be a long four years

Both as journalists and as a nation, we need to remember whatever lessons we learned from Trump’s first four years: We’re going to have to ignore a lot, but we’re also going to have to respond to the rest with a degree of aggression and eagerness that we aren’t used to.

Time to redefine liberalism

Jean Chrétien

With Trump’s return and the Liberals’ sagging poll numbers, that brand of progressivism seems to be a spent force. This is why the party will need to do what they always do: adapt their ideology to reflect changing trends.

Trump ushers in an oligarchy

Donald Trump

As the world braces for more global freeze-outs prompted by Donald Trump, remember one thing: Canada knows how to survive the cold.

Even Jesus must be shaking his head

Donald Trump

With Donald Trump’s accession to power, a fact-free zone paralyzed by ego and propaganda, the U.S. has entered liar’s heaven and democracy’s hell.  

The choice of our next prime minister really matters

It will take a strong will to defend our interests, particularly since there may be strong pressure here at home to cave in to U.S. demands. Which prospective prime minister should we trust the most to resist this pressure?