This moment in our history calls all Canadians: reflections from a first-time Senator
The role of the Senate is to look beyond the headlines, to resist reactive politics, and to legislate for a Canada that thrives across generations.
Canada today: an exporting country in a trade-compromised world
For all the effort towards building new overseas trade relationships, the prospects for an outward-focused nation like Canada—where exports account for 34 per cent of GDP—are, at best, uncertain.
The world could use more like Musgrave
When people crap on the mainstream media and talk about bias and self-interest, they clearly have never met anyone like Sharon Musgrave.
Is Plamondon a wolf in expensive clothing?
Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon could be Quebec’s next premier. What does that mean for Canada?
Carney’s record on foreign interference is uninspiring, so far
The new government must demonstrate a genuine commitment to rebuilding confidence in our democratic system by appointing a commissioner for the Foreign Influence Transparency Registry.
Is the CAF past the point of no return?
Perhaps the Liberals need to do more than make promises of massive budget increases if there are too few personnel left in uniform to manage that influx of money.
It’s time to end Canada’s control over First Nations identity
Despite promises to gradually transfer control of status registration to First Nations, there is no roadmap, no new funding model, and no accountability.
What good is a social safety net that doesn’t catch you?
The government should rebuild the Canada Disability Benefit to uphold human rights.
Long live the Dalai Lama
Since the Chinese invasion of 1950, Tibet has been officially part of of the country and Beijing does not like religious leaders who are beyond its control.
Will the NDP emulate New York City’s Mamdani?
Just because a ‘new American left’ might be surging in the U.S., that doesn’t mean it’ll also happen here in Canada.
