Here’s a thought: what if Justin Trudeau never runs again?
HALIFAX—Before Justin Trudeau became PM, when Gerald Butts was still riding shotgun for the hottest political penny stock in Canada, when the Liberals had only 33 seats in the House of Commons, and it looked like it would take dynamite to dislodge Stephen Harper from power, I had a private talk with Canada’s future leader. […]
Investing in our scientific entrepreneurs for ‘The Great Rebuilding’
MONTREAL—As the pandemic knocks the world to its knees, ‘The Great Rebuilding’ is upon us, and it requires all of us to collaborate and rethink the fundamentals of our economy to emerge more resilient and forward thinking than ever before. With COVID-19, what becomes clear is that we have no choice but to speed up […]
Scheer is sounding more and more like Harper
OTTAWA—Andrew Scheer is sounding more and more like Stephen Harper. Who could forget former prime minister Harper’s claim that Atlantic Canadians were suffering from “a culture of defeat”? Harper claimed his comments were misrepresented and he was trying to say was that Atlantic Canadians were subject to Ottawa’s culture of defeat, “I’ve never ever suggested […]
EU-Canada research and innovation teamwork key in global COVID-19 fight
It seems like a lifetime ago that we were going about our everyday business and then, suddenly, we found ourselves in the middle of a health and human crisis of exceptional scale and speed. Despite the initial surprise, the EU and many other jurisdictions across the world have, in the last few weeks, taken measures […]
Who should we really be testing for COVID-19?
The federal government recently announced it will fund at least one million blood tests to track the novel coronavirus over the next two years. This is a step in the right direction. But is it enough? How do we know if we are testing the right number, and the right people, especially as the pressure […]
Liberals fumbling gun control agenda, unfortunately
The Liberal government has yet to introduce its promised gun control legislation in this Parliament, but it’s already managed to make a mess of what was supposed to be one of its signature files under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Many of the provisions from the Liberals’ last gun control bill, passed into law last June, […]
de Adder’s Take: 05-11-2020
The post-COVID-19 economy: financing Canada’s leadership in sustainable energy
WATERLOO, ONT.—Conventional wisdom would suggest that government budgets should alternate with economic cycles: surpluses during economic expansions and deficits during contractions. In the past, deviations from this approach have led to subsequent fiscal challenges for Canada; profligate federal and provincial spending through the 1970s and into the early 1990s led to debt in excess of […]
Manitoba celebrates 150 years, led by Manitoba Métis
One hundred and fifty years ago, on May 12, 1870, the Manitoba Act received Royal Assent and became law. This act of the Canadian Parliament made Manitoba Canada’s fifth province, the only province to join Confederation through the actions of an Indigenous people, the Métis. It’s a day to reflect on our past with celebration […]
Impact together: Dalhousie researchers and the COVID-19 pandemic
HALIFAX—When news emerged late last year that a new and deadly virus was spreading through parts of China, researchers around the globe began a quest to learn more about the new disease and ultimately develop a vaccine. It soon became clear that addressing the complexity of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, would require researchers on all […]
