The Americans bragged they’ve launched ‘space-control weapons.’ While high ground has always been an advantage in land warfare, that is not necessarily the same for space, which lacks key targets.
Our health-care system should not be a patchwork where some Canadians can access the medicine they need while others are left behind.
The fact that we have grown collectively numb to Donald Trump’s unpresidential antics should not excuse inaction on the part of our elected leaders.
If Canada does not respect Indigenous history, we will lose the essential foundation of what makes us strong as a country. If Canada does not accept what it did to Indigenous children and to Indigenous communities, then this nation might just lose its soul because Indigenous Peoples are actually what binds us together in this federalism. In our rush to find shared sense of purpose, in our resolve to protect our country, we actually have to protect Indigenous Peoples, too.
One month remains before the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. The Anglican Church can find its way through its self-made valley and release every single record for every single child lost. This is the only way to be an ally now.
It doesn’t help the soul to have governments pushing big corporate gains over Canadians’ sense of safety. It doesn’t help the spirit to have governments backstop oil and gas instead of clean energy. This is an example of the two-to-four-year political cycle pushing short-term gain to literally our peril.
Former prime minister Jean Chrétien could do no wrong last week. Despite a promising start during the same period, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre couldn’t get it right.
If there was ever a time for the U.S. representative to Canada to be reminded of our shared history, it is now.
Failure in Quebec could cast the final die on Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative leadership.
The fact that we have grown collectively numb to Donald Trump’s unpresidential antics should not excuse inaction on the part of our elected leaders.
With ingratitude of this magnitude, is it any wonder that no NATO ally has chosen to join in on the American ‘excursion’ in Iran?
Let’s truly stop buying weapon systems from the one and only country that repeatedly threatens us with annexation.
We can make a difference if every single Canadian decides that our purchasing power can trump U.S. President Donald Trump.
The U.S. president has piqued the wrath of Canadians. We will govern ourselves accordingly. The boycott of American products and travel will continue.
The cancellation of the tax was originally a concession to the U.S., with Ottawa promising to protect Canadian content through government funding. But those dollars would be taxpayer money, and their future uncertain depending on budgetary needs.
In the public sphere, at least, Julie Dabrusin is the weakest federal environment minister in recent memory; just what the prime minister ordered.
It has been heartening to see many of Canada’s politicians park their ideological differences for the greater national good. Voters will long remember those who tried to exploit the crisis for their own gain, and those who grabbed an oar and started rowing.
General anxiety about Trump’s impact on our future has muted criticism of the prime minister’s fossil fuel boosterism. But if Carney’s view is the correct—and only—path to preserving national prosperity in this perilous moment, don’t just parrot oil industry talking points. Prove them.
It is only with the enmity of the American administration that we are now seriously embracing new thinking and pursuing new priorities. We are still very much a work in progress. But there is a reasonable chance we are heading in the right direction. Short-term pain for long-term gain.
We need a strong determination to build and support Canadian entrepreneurs and projects in pursuit of digital sovereignty, including support for quantum computing and application projects for AI.
Canadians face tough months ahead. But Trump’s political weakness should encourage our own resolve to hang tough. The last thing Americans want is an unneeded trade war with their next-door neighbour when their own house is burning.
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Rightly or wrongly, the public’s perception is that Mark Carney deserves credit for the good economic news, and in politics the perception of truth always trumps the actual truth.
Whatever most politicians usually do, the U.S. president will do the opposite. Trump is a political aberration, which means his actions can’t be predicted with any certainty. This is what makes him a true agent of chaos.
New Democrats must mainly focus on keeping their supporters energized and motivated, which won’t happen if the party suddenly dilutes its progressive principles and values.
Instead of being slavishly tied to the U.S., Canada needs to be a truly global player. There may even be an unexpected dividend in walking an independent line. It might show American policymakers that punitive measures against Canada could have unintended consequences for them.
Ottawa shouldn’t enable the U.S. president. That includes not being slavish about trade with our southern neighbour.
Whether it is building new LNG terminals to serve global energy needs, or a trillion-dollar cross-country electricity grid to power the future, an exciting thing is unfolding. A maturing Canada is standing tall on its own feet.
The Americans bragged they’ve launched ‘space-control weapons.’ While high ground has always been an advantage in land warfare, that is not necessarily the same for space, which lacks key targets.
After an Anthropic employee quit with a warning that artificial intelligence could lead to human extinction, the company is committing to safety measures, while other AI leaders say it’s the right move. In this secretive and highly competitive world, this is unprecedented.
With Israel’s election on the horizon, a dozen nations are sanctioning products from Israeli settlements in West Bank, and its prime minister is under the microscope after a new book claims he had clear warning of the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023.
In its environmentally backward way, the Ontario government has clearly failed to adjust to the mounting threats of global warming.
The U.S. president is forcing change in this country, and the real question is whether Canadians can respond with what’s needed to limit the destructive impact.
In keeping with a code picked up somewhere, U.S. President Donald Trump has based his entire foreign policy on the notion that other countries owe Americans money just to conduct business with them.
The question that all B.C. Conservatives have to ask themselves is whether this descent into the septic tank of far-right grievance politics is the correct move to build support.
I’m no fan of PM Mark Carney because I’m not a fan of politicians or political parties; however, I also don’t like to be bullied. And neither does most of this country.
Jason Arday was used by dishonest academics and racist right-wing mainstream news media in the United Kingdom to rewrite his story.
The Parti Québécois leader is trying to dodge recent comparisons to the federal Conservatives by emulating the winning campaign.
Along with a lack of bilingual voter information cards, there will be three French leaders’ debates, even though non-francophones have specific concerns related to language, health, education, and government services.
With the province in the throes of an election campaign, its outsized reliance on the U.S. will become an even bigger issue for political players.
In the book edited by Ottawa-based Salvadoran-Canadian policy leader Emilio Rodríguez, 11 migrants and advocates tell a story that is far more transparent and down to earth than what we are used to hearing.
In Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World, Alex Neve looks into why we should be fighting to preserve our universal human rights. ‘In a world permeated with crises many of which come right to our front door, that surely must mean going further, even when it takes us beyond our comfort zone.’
American mainstream politics may be offering little hope, but prayers and non-violence in the streets in great numbers offer signs of promise. I do think that’s what I witnessed at Central Park and in Times Square.
We cannot stop the Americans from doing what they are doing and what they will do next. But we can make damn sure that the entire world sees them doing it, including parts of the world where a great many Americans have interests of their own.
The man likely to be the next premier of Quebec has declined to make our problems worse, at least for now. For that, if nothing else, he has our thanks.
We already have a ton of expertise. Canadian-built water bomber aircraft are almost ideal for this kind of situation and are in urgent demand all over the world.
No previous prime minister of Canada has ever demonstrated such outreach to so many nations amid a breakup in world order while at the same time defending the integrity of Canada’s sovereignty against a predatory and erratic American president. But Carney should also make time for Parliament.
Mark Carney, reaching out to middle powers, has become a world leader. He cannot avert his eyes from new and expert demands for nuclear disarmament just because Canada does not possess nuclear weapons.
If AI can be used to accelerate war-making, it can also be used to augment and accelerate peace-keeping, conflict prevention, and accountability under international law. This requires political will and substantial investment which we have not yet seen.
The multi-decade information embargoes are a supreme slap in the public’s face to be unable to get such records in our lifetimes.
Other countries empower their ombud offices, but Canada typically appoints ‘tame, reluctant, risk-averse watchdogs with strong limitations on their funding,’ says author Matt Malone.
When it comes to sharing data—even with appointed outsiders—do not expect a two-way, out-in-the-open exchange.
Federal Conservatives should take stock of the warning coming out of B.C.: internal sniping and griping drives voters away.
Reframing wildfire management from a localized provincial concern into a matter of vital national interest will be expensive, and will require serious political will.
The Carney government must produce a long-term roadmap thats sets the course not only for the rest of the current mandate, but also for the decade to come.
While proponents of democracy and political equality are likely not thrilled with the prospect of a throwback to cronyism, the more concerning part of the prime minister’s plan is his intent to recruit Senators from ‘key Canadian strategic industries.’
This bill would modernize and protect Canada’s electoral processes by introducing new ways of combatting threats of foreign interference, disinformation, dark money, ballot manipulation, and the misuse of personal data. It’s not perfect. But it’s a worthwhile first step that parliamentarians should support.
There’s very little—if anything—stopping the new NDP leader from making it the Avi Lewis Party and infusing it with the values and priorities that he holds dear, just as former prime minister Justin Trudeau rebuilt the Liberal Party in his own image.
Canada’s current flag-waving is a dramatically novel phenomenon. Trump’s tariff tirade and his talk of this country’s destiny as the 51st state changed everything.
The installation of Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour was the ‘big story’ on June 8, but a week later one had to struggle to find her name, or any mention of her in that capacity, in any national news story. Arbour will be seen and heard when she speaks publicly, but she must speak in governor generalities. Not much news for the media to report on there.
The Crown is the subliminal institution that permeates Canada’s institutional infrastructure. There is a magic and charisma to the office that transcends the personality that wears the crown. They rise above the ideological chasms among its citizen partisans.
Despite his conciliatory trip to New York, for the Conservative leader, the politics of permanent confrontation is colliding with an electorate craving reassurance.
Canadians should ask what remains after drawing investor dollars, and what is exchanged: wealth we still own, or a bigger ledger built on corporate subsidies and asset sales?
Trump just showed Canada what happens when a deal is built on a promise. The lesson is to build the leverage to be able to walk away.
