On language, these MNAs don’t vote in their constituents’ interests
In supporting an anti-bilingualism resolution, a group of Quebec Liberal MNAs failed to speak up for their community, its values, and history.
G7 faces toughest tests of its 50-year history
The G7 is now at the forefront of anti-authoritarian forces in the deepening geostrategic struggle magnified by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The minister who cried capital gains
The feds are trying to weaponize the capital gains framework as some form of class warfare under the cover of a call for fairness.
Gazans are victims twice-over: Yukon letter writer
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently said that there was no “equivalency between the democratically elected leaders of Israel and the bloodthirsty terrorists.” He is partly right. The last time Gazans had the luxury of voting was in 2006. Gazans are victims twice-over: of Hamas authoritarian rule, and of collective punishments by Israel. Being a democracy doesn’t preclude bloodthirsty […]
A moving experience
This June, hundreds of Canadian families at home and abroad are preparing to resettle during the annual diplomatic rotation season.
Return to which office? Boycotting National Public Service Week
Despite the return-to-office mandate, there is simply no space for all public servants to be working in Government of Canada buildings.
Foreign interference foot-dragging hurts everyone
It’s almost physically painful to watch the scrambling that has occurred in the wake of the committee report that’s currently rocking Parliament Hill. On June 3, the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) unveiled its Special Report on Foreign Interference in Canada’s Democratic Processes and Institutions. Its headline findings included the charge that […]
Why we must ‘contextualize’ hate
If we fail to understand acts of hatred and their context, even greater suffering and evil may be unleashed.
The far-right ties that bind
The results of the European Parliament elections are just one of many signposts along the path to nationalism on which Canada finds itself.
Fighting Conservative disinformation should be a top priority, says gun-control advocate
Re: “Hey, Liberals! Why be shy? Isn’t it time to refute the disinformation?” (The Hill Times, June 3, p. 11). Susan Riley hit the nail on the head with respect to the lack of Liberal pushback against Pierre Poilievre’s ongoing disinformation campaign about the party’s gun control agenda. While the Conservative leader repeatedly claims at […]
