As COP29 wraps up, will Canada finally stop funding fossils this fall?
The pathway to zero emissions and a climate-safe future doesn’t include support for the fossil fuel industry. Will Canada finally turn off the financial taps to our most polluting industry, and use part of that cash to pay its climate debt?
Addressing the threat of antimicrobial resistance
Canada must educate, advocate, and act now to tackle the overuse of antibiotics in modern health care.
The wisdom of Homer Simpson and Aaron Sorkin
The political right in North America isn’t interested in fixing anything for anyone. Poilievre is the epitome of this. He’s only interested in two things: making you afraid, and telling you who’s to blames. That is how you win elections.
Climate finance should target resilient food systems
In the coming months, the government will release a new international climate finance package. We are asking for it to support small-scale food producers in the Global South in adapting to climate change, writes Carol Thiessen.
Canada’s defence spending: the free ride is over
Building defence industrial capacity at home, and supporting Canadian firms to export that expertise to the world must become a strategic priority rather than an afterthought.
Political marketing isn’t magic, says Toronto letter writer
Re: “Read the room. Know your audience. Get a grip,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 13, p. 7). How do highly unsuitable people—who care little for the welfare of the people they lead—keep getting elected? Well, it’s their marketing, stupid! Tim Powers is right about the “magic”—however, the “magic” has been bought. High-priced marketing agencies build […]
Cutting the government payroll is no easy budget fix: Kazdan
Re: “Public service job cuts loom as Ottawa misses spending and deficit targets,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 13). The purge of the public service is not “unavoidable”; it is merely a political choice. The Liberal government has decided to prioritize deficit reduction as the criterion for determining the size of its workforce. For economist John […]
In a dramatically shifting landscape, it’s time to highlight Canada’s strengths in security and defence
We have smart business leaders, valuable resources, advanced technological and security capacity, and experience in the fields of defence and security.
Trump’s ‘America First’ plans may undermine global trade
A nightmarish world in which economic rules don’t apply, and trade is suffocated is in no one’s interest—especially not Canada’s.
Trump 2.0 means Canada needs to get serious about spending two per cent of GDP on defence
Our NATO statistics have been tracking in the wrong direction since Donald Trump left the White House in 2021.
