Cabinet ministerial letters mean climate mitigation and adaptation on the agenda
Regardless of your political alliances, the recent new ministerial mandate letters from the prime minister clearly send a message that climate mitigation and adaptation are on the agenda. In a global context, the United Nations has expressed concern that countries signing the 2015 Paris Agreement have not been following through with their commitment to help […]
Canada should pass an order in council against systemic racism
OTTAWA—My family watched the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden. We shared with millions of people the awe and relief that grace and leadership has returned to the White House. Tears were shed to witness so many BIPOC on podiums that day and evening. And then my daughter asked me, “why doesn’t our prime minister […]
Trump’s a clown who’s always played to a hateful Republican base, writes Yukon letter writer
Quite a while ago my friend, a drama teacher, made the observation that Donald Trump was a highly skilled clown. What defines a successful clown is how well the clown can read the room. If a clown finds something that the room likes, they do it again, and keep on doing it until the room […]
How Erin O’Toole can resolve his climate dilemma
When the Liberals announced their ambitious new climate plan last month, which includes raising the carbon price through 2030, they upped the ante on what credible climate policy should look like. With a federal election looming on the horizon, it’s now up to Erin O’Toole and the Conservative Party to propose a serious climate plan […]
Lenin comes to town, again
LONDON, U.K.—When Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny returned to Moscow on Jan. 17 after convalescing in Germany from an attempted poisoning by the FSB domestic spy agency, the regime-friendly media loyally failed to mention his arrival. With one striking exception: Vremya, the flagship news show of Russian state television. Presumably somebody there was hoping to […]
With new Biden administration hamstrung in its approach to Indo-Pacific region, some lessons for Canada
On Jan. 12, just eight days prior to then-incoming U.S. president Joe Biden’s inauguration, the White House declassified a strategic framework on its free and open Indo-Pacific policy, first classified by acting senior director for Asia (and later deputy national security adviser), Matthew Pottinger. The strategic framework, which would go on to inform such documents […]
Lucky Joe Biden
Joe Biden is thrice-blessed. Not only did he win the Democratic nomination and then the presidential election, but as a result of the events of Jan. 6, he takes office when the Republican opposition is in utter disarray and likely to stay that way for a long time. None of that was foreordained, or even […]
Our economic recovery needs a strategy to get Canadians back to work, business can provide solutions
Any true economic recovery from the pandemic will inevitably be led by business. Just as every downturn is first felt on Main Street when the lights begin to go out, every recovery starts when the ‘open’ signs begin reappearing in shop windows. Getting where we need to be won’t happen overnight. It will require both […]
Trump’s playbook no longer politically profitable to O’Toole
On Jan. 17, Erin O’Toole released a statement regarding a thread of criticisms levied against him by prominent Liberals: that he is part of the far right and that, in some respects, he is no better than Donald Trump. In his statement, O’Toole condemned the riot in Washington, D.C., and wrote, “The Conservatives are a […]
Consequential election on the Rock worth watching
OTTAWA—Canada is now in the midst of its fourth pandemic election. Following the lead of New Brunswick, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador voters will head to the polls on Saturday, Feb. 13. Newly minted Liberal Premier Dr. Andrew Furey, son of Senate Speaker George Furey, was required by provincial law to call an […]
