BC Ferries story reveals Canada’s confused policy on China
What basic message are we sending as we condemn the purchase of Chinese-made ferries while profiting from our sale of goods and services to China?
Digital sovereignty must drive Canada’s U.S. trade strategy
The approach we
choose for trade
talks will determine
whether Canada
controls its digital
future or remains
forever dependent on
others’ technological
infrastructure.
It’s time we treat campus infrastructure as a nation-building project
Investments in universities are practical and high-impact investments that will create new jobs, deliver value for taxpayers and strengthen Canada’s competitiveness.
How Canadians feel about Carney will rely on trade talk success with a mercurial Trump
Will the public accept half a loaf, or blame the prime minister for coming away with less than we had before? In the pitiless business of politics, the answer is far from certain.
The dog days of summer for Pierre Poilievre
As you relax this summer, spare a few kind thoughts for the Conservatives. Their leader has shown he has nothing to offer them but that he is clearly ‘one of them’ and the promise that they will never again be able to feel confident of victory under his leadership.
Feds have to fight comms with comms to tackle Alberta alienation problem
It is one thing for the Liberals to have won the election. It is another thing to confront the onslaught of misinformation that is being fed to Albertans regularly by their own government.
The value of strategic praise
Sometimes in politics, loving your enemies can be the right political play, and not just because it’ll drive them a little bit crazy.
Can Canada be a clean energy superpower? Not without tax credits
It will take enormous commitment and discipline to meet the bold promise of making Canada a clean energy superpower—traits that have not yet been demonstrated on the clean energy and climate file.
Carney is walking a political tightrope on our energy future
Clean energy is the path forward. Markets will eventually turn against fossil fuels, leaving taxpayers to shoulder the financial burden of supporting new infrastructure that lacks long-term payoff.
Carney’s fiscal plans put the public service at risk
Austerity masked as modernization has a history. Former Conservative PM Stephen Harper offers the real lessons for navigating the balance between fiscal targets and institutional capacity.
