Vimy anniversary highlights the myth of Canadian independence
To many Canadians, Vimy Ridge has become the symbolic birthplace of where and when Canada became a truly independent nation, and shed its colonial past.
Equity must be the priority for national pharmacare
Canadians have the chance to consider whether to view access to medicines as a pillar of healthcare, or simply an add-on service.
Close Canada’s financial help gap before it’s too late for struggling households
Canada’s National Financial Literacy Strategy identifies expanding access to ‘trustworthy and affordable financial help’ as a priority, but Ottawa has failed to put money or muscle behind this goal.
Reel returns: the economic mandate for rebuilding fisheries
This past year’s fishing season exposed inconsistencies in government decision-making, and an inability to respond to current threats or prepare for the future.
Roads, horses, and carts, oh my! Time for Canada to take trade-enabling infrastructure seriously
The economy doesn’t work without trade-enabling infrastructure, which includes roads.
Who can stop Benjamin Netanyahu?
Netanyahu’s political pot is boiling over. If and when the public decides a politician is more concerned about his political survival than the national interest, his time is up. Not even being at war can save him, writes Michael Harris.
How to navigate post-fact politics: skeptically, but attentively
Today’s politics is entirely personality and performances. The bickering plays out like an annoying soundtrack, and the temptation to tune it out can be overwhelming—and unwise. Politicians can invent and evade facts all they want. Climate change doesn’t care. But we should.
Has Poilievre peaked too soon?
Thanks to their agreement with the New Democratic Party, the Liberals now have a year to aggressively sell its vision to Canadians. And that doesn’t involve an axe-the-tax.
Foreign investment rules designed for an economy that no longer exists
Most of Canada’s young businesses with growth potential and proprietary technology can easily be acquired without consideration of the wider consequences for the country’s future.
Time to stop building infrastructure for yesterday’s climate
Climate change impacts have a high price tag. The Canadian Climate Institute has estimated that key climate change impacts are already costing households in Canada roughly $720 per year.
