Looking to the future of the Canada-Ireland bond with confidence

Although these are turbulent times, there is a tremendous energy around the Canada-Ireland relationship, and a sense that we are starting to really explore and develop its potential.
Canada should have one national body looking after health care: letter writer

We elect governments and pay taxes so the governments can do things that we, as individuals, cannot do: build hospitals and schools, pave roads, and provide security. If we have one body to purchase medical equipment and everything else, then the cost would be less expensive than 13 independents, or 1,300 independents. My question is […]
Evolution of Canadian agriculture and need for sustainable solutions

With the right investments in research, innovation, and farmer education, Canada can lead the global transition toward a more sustainable and resilient agricultural future.
In a nuclear-armed world, any conflict can turn into a nuclear war: Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
Re: “Time for Canada to consider its own nuclear deterrent,” (The Hill Times, March 10). Responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s punitive behaviour towards Canada, author Jamie Carroll suggests Canada should “buy” nuclear weapons from France. Presumably he is willing to tear up the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). It forbids any Nuclear Weapons State from transferring such weapons to […]
Carney, the thinker, enters the lion’s den

If Mark Carney survives these dehumanizing battles, he will lift up Canadians: high drama indeed.
Canada must stay united for this fight of our lives

Trump has given us a massive wake-up call to the future. It’s up to us to keep our country together.
Conservative attack ad lacks authenticity

Most political consumers will reject the Conservative ad attacking Mark Carney as helping Donald Trump by driving jobs south because it won’t seem rooted in reality.
We need to build back Canada’s agricultural future

Canada’s agricultural growth has slowed to one per cent over the past decade because of needless regulations and bureaucratic red tape. It doesn’t have to stay this way.
Who’s Tory now?

There is a new Liberal in town, a blue-suit Liberal, and all these ordinary concerns—although climate change is hardly trivial—seem to be set aside in face of a more immediate threat: Donald Trump and his shy surrogate north of the border.
Canada must step up support for farmers and their critical role in climate mitigation and adaptation

A future where farming is viable, sustainable, and regenerative is within reach—but it requires urgent and co-ordinated action.