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If transparency is a problem, Doug Ford needs to find another line of work

If transparency is a problem, Doug Ford needs to find another line of work

Over the past week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced reforms to the province’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) which...

19.03.2026 2

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Michael Karanicolas

Canada must end the captivity of elephants, great apes and big cats

Canada must end the captivity of elephants, great apes and big cats

Humane World for Animals (formerly known as Humane Society International and Humane Society of the United States) has an extensive history of rescuing...

19.03.2026 3

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Rebecca aldworth

Smaller than advertised: Canada’s real trade risk with the United States

Smaller than advertised: Canada’s real trade risk with the United States

The America First saga continues, and so do U.S. tariffs on Canada. Even after the U.S. Supreme Court clipped the President’s wings on certain uses...

19.03.2026 2

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Dan ciuriak and paul samson

Carney must defend public health care before it’s too late

Carney must defend public health care before it’s too late

In December, the Alberta government passed the Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 (no. 2). The innocuously named legislation is a direct attack on...

19.03.2026 3

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Linda Silas

Alberta decision brings hope!

Alberta decision brings hope!

On Wednesday, the Government of Alberta tabled legislation to prohibit medical assistance in dying except for those whose deaths are foreseeable. This...

19.03.2026 2

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Bonnie Brayton

Ontario’s economic future hinges on energy investment

Ontario’s economic future hinges on energy investment

Ontario is presently undertaking generational electricity investments, moving an already robust electricity system towards what Premier Ford has...

17.03.2026 6

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Colin anderson

Mark Carney didn’t win a majority — he manufactured one

Mark Carney didn’t win a majority — he manufactured one

Running for office is supposed to be hard. Earning a majority is supposed to be harder. Mark Carney has apparently found a shortcut. Friday marked the...

17.03.2026 7

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Richard Ciano

In Canada’s new era of continuous crisis, being prepared is no longer optional

There is an old adage in emergency preparedness to “expect the unexpected.” The message was that, however rare, disasters can strike without...

27.02.2026 10

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Conrad Sauvé

Time to revive the Team Canada trade missions

As Prime Minister Carney crisscrosses the globe in an effort to diversify our trade and investment, he would be well advised to consider a page from...

27.02.2026 20

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Sergio Marchi

Why Canada’s trade strategy needs its universities

Canada has spent the past decade learning a lesson the hard way. Once unthinkable tariffs on exports like steel and aluminum. Global supply chains...

27.02.2026 10

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Gabe Miller

Modern-day political gold: Mark Carney & Heated Rivalry

The Prime Minister’s Heated Rivalry moment wasn’t just fun. It was gold in our current attention economy — a rare case of politics showing up...

27.02.2026 30

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Kyla Ronellenfitsch

Canadians deserve a better question period

Like (I’d wager) most Canadians, question period was not part of my daily diet before being elected to the House of Commons in April last year. Most...

27.02.2026 10

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Corey hogan

Cuts to food safety don’t save money. They cost lives

Most of the time, the systems that keep our food safe are working quietly in the background. Families cook. Restaurants serve meals. A commuter grabs...

27.02.2026 10

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Sean O'Reilly

China’s political roiling is getting attention here in Canada

A purge of senior generals and deepening concern about China’s wobbling economy have had global Beijing-watchers sniffing for hints of regime...

27.02.2026 20

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Charles Burton

Securing Canada’s place in the world starts at home

We are living through a break in the international system that many had assumed would never occur. As Prime Minister Carney noted in his speech at...

27.02.2026 10

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Iqra khalid

Strengthening Canada’s supply chains to boost productivity

The Port of Vancouver, Canada’s largest gateway to global markets, ranks 389th out of 403 container ports worldwide in the World Bank and S&P...

27.02.2026 10

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Michael Bourque

Canada cannot afford to sit on the sidelines

On Tuesday, Canada’s prime minister delivered an impactful speech at Davos. The next day, at the same forum, Donald Trump proved, at least for the...

27.01.2026 10

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Heather McPherson

Newfoundland’s Bay du Nord a nation-building project that should be built by Newfoundlanders

The Bay du Nord oil project off Newfoundland’s shores may not be on the federal government’s initial list of nation-building projects, but it is...

21.01.2026 10

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Sean Strickland

Dismantling the expertise our country needs

In labs, field stations, and policy units across the country, federal scientists and researchers are about to be handed pink slips. These job cuts...

21.01.2026 10

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Sean Oreilly

Official languages — when it comes to Canadian values, there are no tough choices

As my mandate as Commissioner of Official Languages draws to a close, there is no question that Canada is facing many challenges. Economic hardship,...

21.01.2026 20

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Raymond Théberge

Ottawa must consider greater financial risks to unlock housing affordability for young families

Canada is caught in a housing affordability bind: far too many Canadians are locked out of homeownership and face staggering rental costs, but rapidly...

09.01.2026 10

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Tsur Somerville

Here’s the great policy challenge for governments in Canada in 2026

According to a recent study, living standards in Canada have declined over the past five years. And the country’s economic growth has been...

30.12.2025 10

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Ben Eisen And Jake Fuss

‘Canada Strong’ means nothing without a roof over our head

20 degrees below zero. Sometimes even 30 below. The temperature plunged across many parts of Canada this past month. We’re well into the winter now,...

23.12.2025 10

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Rebecca Bligh

Poilievre falters — and the Conservatives discover they have no successor

Canada’s Conservative Party is no stranger to leadership turmoil. Over the past four decades, the party and its predecessor Progressive Conservative...

20.12.2025 10

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Andrew Perez

Democracy deserves its champions. And we’re running out of time

Imagine a Canada where the weather forecast you depend on never arrives, the news never breaks, and your local radio station goes quiet. A Canada...

17.12.2025 10

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Christa Dickenson

Bill C-9 won’t stop rising antisemitism. Enforcing the laws we already have would

As a Jewish Canadian, the last two years have felt like watching a wave come in slow motion. The targets have been familiar: synagogues, schools,...

11.12.2025 10

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Ariella Kimmel

Ottawa needs to shake its procurement paralysis

Canada’s defence procurement system is back in the news and on the public policy agenda. And rightly so. Meeting our NATO defence spending...

04.12.2025 10

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Tony Clement

The federal government must keep its promise to modernize Canada’s finances

A common complaint about Mark Carney’s hugely anticipated budget is that it is not nearly bold enough on the biggest issues facing the day, from...

13.11.2025 10

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Tal Schwartz

Ottawa acknowledges its problem but chooses not to solve it

As someone who has spent years inside government and seen how budgets are built, I know how hard it is to move a complex system toward real reform....

12.11.2025 10

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Lucy Hargreaves

100 years of Canadian music creation — honouring the past, defining the future

This year, the Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) marks a century of service to our country’s music creators and...

09.11.2025 9

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Jennifer Brown

Designing intention — the art direction behind every budget line

Before the numbers were tabled, before the prime minister and finance minister stood before the cameras holding the budget books, my work had already...

01.11.2025 10

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Jessica Eritou

Violent crime — the problem and the solution

Since the Liberals took power, violent crime is up 54 per cent. Sexual assaults are up 75 per cent. Many of these violent crimes were committed by...

11.10.2025 20

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Michael Kram

Centralization in the prime minister: It isn’t new — or absolute

For decades, Canadian journalists and political scientists have repeated a familiar story: once upon a time, power in Ottawa was dispersed, much of it...

01.10.2025 10

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Stephen Azzi And Patrice Dutil

In a dangerous world Canada should take a real role in the Golden Dome

The Canadian government has left the door open to participate in President Trump’s Golden Dome project. Not only does this make sense, Canada...

12.09.2025 10

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Christopher Coates

Newfoundland and Labrador can’t afford to miss this moment

It took more than half a century, but Newfoundland and Labrador finally has a second chance to turn resource wealth into lasting prosperity. The...

10.09.2025 10

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Benjamin Bergen And Karen Moores

Ontario’s housing machine has ground to a halt

RBC Economics just put out a detailed report on housing starts in Canada, and it does not look good for Ontario. Canada’s housing construction is...

29.08.2025 10

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Daniel Foch

OLP readership race: More Karina, less Nate

This article is an adaptation of Kyla Ronellenfitsch’s Substack post on the state of the Ontario Liberal Party Leadership.  This article...

17.08.2025 10

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Kyla Ronellenfitsch

Beyond hard hats: How Doug  Ford is rewriting Ontario’s labour playbook

Savants of political history will remember a time when the Ontario PCs treated organized labour like a sparring partner — with former leaders...

14.08.2025 10

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Mathew Clancy

Can Canada work with China’s Xi Jinping for real mutual benefit?

An intriguing impact Donald Trump’s trade war is having on Canada is how the premiers of British Columbia, Ontario and Saskatchewan have become...

10.08.2025 10

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Charles Burton

Defending the skies: Canada cannot overlook China’s aggressive airspace moves over the Taiwan Strait

In late June, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) unilaterally activated a new air route, designated W121, as an extension of the M503 flight route...

27.07.2025 10

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Harry Tseng

Junk fees are hurting Canadian wallets and policymakers must act now

Junk fees are everywhere — from inflated airfare to drip pricing in online retail to bank account fees. And it is no secret that Canadians are...

25.07.2025 8

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Brigit Carroll

While the U.K. invests in creative sector, the marketing industry’s exclusion from Creative Canada tax credits is a wrong that must be righted

Canada’s creative industries are a major success story. But too often our federal and provincial governments act like they aren’t aware of our...

24.07.2025 6

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Scott Knox

How Ottawa gift-wrapped our dairy sector for Trump

Most politicians — and Canadians — don’t fully understand how supply management works. But they do know this: it’s politically toxic to...

04.07.2025 10

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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

Big ideas for a renewed economy won’t succeed without the basics of trucking and logistics

It seems Canada is no longer resting on its laurels. After years of tepid economic progress, lagging GDP and productivity growth, and a cozy...

26.06.2025 10

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Angela Splinter

Canada is burning — wildfires and the price of inaction

Summer has only just begun yet the Prairies have been ablaze for about a month already. From Alberta to Saskatchewan and Manitoba, wildfires are...

25.06.2025 10

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Sen. Rosa Galvez