Health care matters at the federal ballot box
Ottawa is also directly involved in health-care delivery for Indigenous patients in some communities, for refugees, and the military. It’s responsible for public health issues like national emergency preparedness, drug regulation, and vaccine procurement.
Canada needs an economic and social council to tackle trade war
Financial markets dislike uncertainty, especially during trade wars. Consequently, U.S. tariffs are likely to increase prices and could lead to a decline in global production, along with unprecedented political problems.
Collaboration is Canada’s innovation superpower
This approach is hard. It’s slow. It challenges egos and requires patience. But it’s also the only way we’ll achieve systems-level change
Trump-era elections in the Anglosphere
A measure of how Trumpism does in the export market will be found in the other parts of the ‘Anglosphere,’ and happily there are two elections in that zone in the next two weeks: Canada and Australia. They couldn’t be farther apart geographically, but with the great exception of the ‘French fact’ in Quebec they couldn’t be closer in their history and politics.
Canada can be an agriculture powerhouse if we meet the moment
While the country invests significantly in innovation, it lags in translating those inputs into tangible, high-quality outputs.
Canada’s economic future depends on women—the next government has an opportunity to deliver
Voters should be looking closely at how each party plans to unlock women’s full economic potential as a pillar of Canada’s resilience and prosperity.
Future MPs should stand up for the rule of law and human rights
What is currently happening in the world is worrying. We are witnessing the weakening of the rule of law and the potential abuses involved, as we are seeing in the United States. We are experiencing a dangerous ripple effect that threatens hard-won human rights gains across the world. Canada is not immune to these abuses. […]
CBC/Radio-Canada is an essential service worth protecting
There is a definite need to reform the public broadcaster, but a failure to preserve it would remove a cornerstone of our country when we need to build it up.
To err is human, to predict malign
If the polls are right, I will be proved very, very wrong on April 28 after previously predicting the decimation of the Liberals in this year’s election.
Mark Carney puts it all on the line
Whatever happens on April 28, Mark Carney will be remembered as the man who stepped up to offer his services to fellow Canadians in this moment of national trauma.
