Catalyzing the opportunity of the North Pacific green corridor
The North Pacific Green Corridor presents a unique, sustainable model for future growth in green transport and trade that other jurisdictions can learn from and replicate.
Lessons from Canada’s IPEF absence
Canada needs to worry less about not being in the U.S.’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, and to worry more about the upcoming North American trade pact review and potential renegotiation.
McPhedran, May, McPherson, Davies defy government, attend UN meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Senator Marilou McPhedran will use her experience to engage her Senate colleagues in special dialogues. Green Leader Elizabeth May says she’s ‘more committed than ever to advocate for nuclear disarmament as the only way to a secure world.’ NDP MP Heather McPherson wants to develop a nuclear disarmament caucus in Parliament.
Who cares for the carers?
Across Canada, people count on a stable charitable sector to support their emotional, physical, and economic well-being.
‘Without Rosalynn Carter, there would have been no President Carter’
The most moving eulogy was not delivered in words. Instead, it was the presence of former president Jimmy Carter, the greatest tribute of all. Frail and confined to a wheelchair at age 99, he was with his wife until the end.
Canada doesn’t have climate leaders: Bill Henderson
Re: “Will the real climate leaders stand up?” (The Hill Times, by Keith Brooks and Aly Hyder Ali, Nov. 27). We don’t have climate leaders. Canada has never met its (woefully inadequate) climate targets. We continue to do terrible damage to every future generation and the species with which we share creation. If we were […]
Canadians should be afraid of radiation: Frank Greening
Re: “We can manage predictable radiation: Canadian Nuclear Society,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 15, 2023, letter to the editor. The gist of this CNS letter to The Hill Times appears to be: we should not be afraid of radiation because it’s predictable and we can manage it. I have to say that when it comes to […]
Bill C-275 overestimates risk of human-to-animal disease transmission
The discussion in Parliament on Bill C-275—an Act to amend the Health of Animals Act (biosecurity on farms)—would benefit from some additional public health perspective on the potential risks of zoonotic transmission between humans and farm animals. After being introduced in the House in May of last year, C-275 passed third reading on Nov. 29, […]
Saskatchewan bill shows why the notwithstanding clause exists
The clause is a key constraint on unchecked judicial authority, one which will ensure our elected officials retain the ability to engage in important policy debates.
Our government is failing Canadians regarding their end-of-life rights
The feds should move quickly on advance requests for medical assistance in dying, allowing us to set out the circumstances under which we would want to receive MAID in the future.
