Public health crisis offers new lens towards nuclear disarmament
That COVID-19 has created a new global reality is clear. If there is any positive aspect to this unfolding situation, it could be a deeper understanding of the fact that the well-being of people throughout the world is inextricably linked. The COVID crisis might also serve as a cautionary tale, helping us to appreciate the […]
New foreign policy may grow out of Canada’s COVID-19 crisis
There seem to be at least two venues for the fight against COVID-19. One COVID-19 war is in the hospitals and their intensive care units. The other is being fought by political leaders to ensure sufficient personal protective equipment (PPE) is available to the health-care front lines. This is the part of the war that […]
In warning of COVID-19 malign actors, Trump needs a mirror
OTTAWA—During this COVID-19 crisis, we are repeatedly being warned to be on the lookout for Russian and Chinese disinformation. U.S. President Donald Trump warned that we “must not let malign actors exploit the [COVID-19] crisis for their own gain.” According to our security experts, the Chinese and Russians are in fact using their global pandemic […]
Working together the best way to avoid a COVID-19 clash
Re: “The fight against COVID-19 isn’t a war, and shouldn’t be described that way,” (The Hill Times, April 8, p. 10). Scott Taylor wrote that the COVID-19 response “is not a war: it is a health crisis. Doctors, nurses, paramedics, cleaners, grocery store clerks, gas station attendants, and truck drivers are the frontline soldiers in the […]
BoJo takes it on the chin
OTTAWA—Well, at least he didn’t die. At least Boris Johnson didn’t leave the United Kingdom leaderless at a moment when the U.K. is facing its greatest pre-COVID-19 challenge in a half a century with the Brexit process he did more than anyone to set in motion. The prime minister survived the virus, although he reminded […]
COVID-19 is causing an ideological shift, says reader
The COVID-19 crisis is a massive challenge to those who have dedicated four decades to discrediting the positive role of government in the affairs of a nation and its citizens. Fortunately, Canada’s has only partially embraced the odd notion of economic freedom, whereby everything and everyone is assigned a market value. Therefore, Canadian think tanks like […]
Pencils down, it’s time to figure out the pandemic Parliament
With April 20 less than a week away, it’s not very encouraging that Parliamentarians haven’t appeared to make any progress in deciding whether Parliament will actually return on the aforementioned date. Back in March, when MPs agreed to suspend the House of Commons until April 20, there were still many unknowns about just how destructive […]
How quickly can the COVID-19 crackdown turn into cracking the whip on Black and brown bodies?
OTTAWA—Evidently, the killing of Black men by the police is an essential service. Last week, Peel Regional Police in Brampton, Ont., shot and killed D’Andre Campbell, a 26-year-old Black man with a known—as in, known to the police—history of mental health issues. It was Campbell who called the police on April 6 and it was […]
We are in a crisis, so now is the time to act
OTTAWA—In August of 1941, Britain was struggling through some of the darkest days of the Second World War. In the United States, the isolationist and anti-Semitic “America First” movement was keeping the country out of the war. Nonetheless, Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt met secretly in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, where they drafted the “Atlantic Charter,” […]
Let’s talk about it: COVID-19 is a mental wellness challenge for all
OTTAWA—Without a doubt, the COVID-19 pandemic is tough on everyone. First and foremost, for all the families who have lost loved ones to this heinous virus. It has to be terrifying on a daily basis for all those on the front lines trying to help the rest of us go on with some semblance of […]
