Does ‘Team Canada’ need a new captain?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must think he’s politically invulnerable. And who could blame him? He brought the Liberal Party back from the brink when he took over as leader more than a decade ago, and has managed to weather a spate of missteps, own goals, and outside calamities that could have hobbled other politicians. This […]
de Adder’s Take: 12-18-2024
Trudeau’s isolation and arrogance will be his undoing
Did Freeland’s firing expose Trudeau as a fake feminist? To some, this is an irrefutable fact, but Trudeau has also humiliated male ministers, including Bill Morneau and David Lametti—anyone, really, who dares question his supreme wisdom. The underlying problem is that he attracted accomplished individuals to cabinet, then treated them like wallpaper.
Another miracle needed in Syria, please
The best insurance is a secular democracy where religious beliefs are a private matter, but it’s unlikely that the now-ruling Islamist Sunni force will permit that.
Soldiers shouldn’t put up with squalid living conditions
Those serving in uniform in a G7 country’s military should expect no less than affordable, clean, livable accommodations.
Parliament gridlock must end to tackle Canada’s biodiversity crisis
Critical legislation to combat the biodiversity crisis is being sidelined as MPs bicker.
Immigration levels, and the untapped potential of Canadian newcomers
Canada would be better served by refocusing the conversation on how we are going to realize the potential of the immigrants who are already here.
Kaktovik and Iñupiaq cultures are at risk: Voice of Arctic Iñupiat
(Re: “The North in transition” by Ken Coates, The Hill Times, Nov. 30). In his piece, Ken Coates cites potential resistance by “northern Indigenous Peoples,” to attempts by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump to open the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to development. Yet he fails to mention the voices of the […]
de Adder’s Take: 12-16-2024
Staring down Trump’s bully pulpit
The U.S. president-elect’s instability is something Canadians will have to live with. But we cannot be bullied into submission by denying our status as an independent country.
