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Over the past week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced reforms to the province’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) which...
Humane World for Animals (formerly known as Humane Society International and Humane Society of the United States) has an extensive history of rescuing...
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...
In December, the Alberta government passed the Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 (no. 2). The innocuously named legislation is a direct attack on...
On Wednesday, the Government of Alberta tabled legislation to prohibit medical assistance in dying except for those whose deaths are foreseeable. This...
Ontario is presently undertaking generational electricity investments, moving an already robust electricity system towards what Premier Ford has...
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...
There is an old adage in emergency preparedness to “expect the unexpected.” The message was that, however rare, disasters can strike without...
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...
Canada has spent the past decade learning a lesson the hard way. Once unthinkable tariffs on exports like steel and aluminum. Global supply chains...
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...
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...
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...
A purge of senior generals and deepening concern about China’s wobbling economy have had global Beijing-watchers sniffing for hints of regime...
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...
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...
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...
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...
In labs, field stations, and policy units across the country, federal scientists and researchers are about to be handed pink slips. These job cuts...
As my mandate as Commissioner of Official Languages draws to a close, there is no question that Canada is facing many challenges. Economic hardship,...
Canada is caught in a housing affordability bind: far too many Canadians are locked out of homeownership and face staggering rental costs, but rapidly...
According to a recent study, living standards in Canada have declined over the past five years. And the country’s economic growth has been...
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,...
Canada’s Conservative Party is no stranger to leadership turmoil. Over the past four decades, the party and its predecessor Progressive Conservative...
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...
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,...
Canada’s defence procurement system is back in the news and on the public policy agenda. And rightly so. Meeting our NATO defence spending...
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...
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....
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...
Before the numbers were tabled, before the prime minister and finance minister stood before the cameras holding the budget books, my work had already...
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...
For decades, Canadian journalists and political scientists have repeated a familiar story: once upon a time, power in Ottawa was dispersed, much of it...
The Canadian government has left the door open to participate in President Trump’s Golden Dome project. Not only does this make sense, Canada...
It took more than half a century, but Newfoundland and Labrador finally has a second chance to turn resource wealth into lasting prosperity. The...
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...
This article is an adaptation of Kyla Ronellenfitsch’s Substack post on the state of the Ontario Liberal Party Leadership. This article...
Savants of political history will remember a time when the Ontario PCs treated organized labour like a sparring partner — with former leaders...
An intriguing impact Donald Trump’s trade war is having on Canada is how the premiers of British Columbia, Ontario and Saskatchewan have become...
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...
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...
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...
Most politicians — and Canadians — don’t fully understand how supply management works. But they do know this: it’s politically toxic to...
It seems Canada is no longer resting on its laurels. After years of tepid economic progress, lagging GDP and productivity growth, and a cozy...
Summer has only just begun yet the Prairies have been ablaze for about a month already. From Alberta to Saskatchewan and Manitoba, wildfires are...