Carney plays the straight man in Trump’s reality TV fiasco
Better for the prime minister to glance at the camera every now and then than to join Trump and his associates in the mud.
Ford’s embrace of realpolitik
If it’s in Doug Ford’s own self-interest to have you as a friend, then he’s your friend; but if it’s in his interest to make you his enemy, then you’re his enemy.
Carney pulls off mission impossible
In Carney’s world, two plus two always equals four. In banking and finance, facts matter. In the navel-gazing nightmare of intuitive Trumpism, two plus two equals whatever the president says it does.
Poilievre’s safe Alberta seat: a symbol of retreat or renewal?
OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s bid to re-enter the House of Commons through an Alberta byelection—after losing his longtime Ontario seat in Carleton—is about more than personal recovery. It’s a test of the party’s judgment and future electoral prospects. Despite securing 143 seats in the April 28 federal election, the Conservatives leader lost his seat. That […]
India and Israel on parallel tracks
Both confrontations were set off by mass murders by terrorists whose goal was to start a war that drew the world’s attention back to their own goals and grievances.
Fighting U.S. threats by fighting climate change
The current industrial carbon price is the most important policy driving emissions reductions in Canada today.
Canada’s opportunity to redefine its defence, and its value to allies
Canada will not lead through mass or hard power. But we can lead through strategic utility and differentiation. This starts with geography—our greatest untapped advantage.
Canada must act now to welcome displaced Arctic researchers
If Canada steps up now, we don’t just help individual scientists and express solidarity with them—we reaffirm our values as a country that believes in knowledge, equity, and the future of our shared planet.
Memo to PM Carney: redo, don’t recycle, Canada’s secretive Access to Information Act
Either Canada finally makes a real commitment to timely and more full disclosures, or we sink into a much more autocratic information system.
Ode to losers: in praise of the election’s unsung heroes
I’ll never forget losing to Blair Wilson in 2006. I’d been the pundits’ favourite, with media postulating a cabinet role. When he won, I was shocked. Yet I crafted a ‘Thank You’ sign and stood at West Vancouver’s Lions Gate Bridge to greet morning commuters.
