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Philosopher Alan Watts understood something that politicians often forget: words shape reality. They are not merely tools of communication. They...
TORONTO—On top of the existing order of GlobalEye surveillance aircraft, reports suggest that Canada is looking at a significant purchase of...
OTTAWA—The government's environmental agenda has faced some scrutiny, and there is definitely pushback from within the Liberal Party. To keep...
TORONTO—The goal of the just-announced federal artificial intelligence strategy—Canada’s National Artificial Strategy: AI For All—is to...
OTTAWA—Canada’s artificial intelligence strategy is titled “AI for all.” AI will make our lives better, easier, and happier—just so you...
HALIFAX—It is old news that United States President Donald Trump is a bloviating, malignant wind-bag who remains a stranger to the truth after years...
OAKVILLE, ONT.—The 18th-century German poet and philosopher Friedrich Schiller once suggested that “votes should be weighed, not counted.” To...
On June 18, 2019, almost exactly seven years ago, the House of Commons voted 186 to 63 in support of a motion put forward by then-environment and...
Recent research tells us that nature offers powerful mechanisms to reverse the climate crisis. Consider that a stable climate on planet Earth is...
LONDON, U.K.—Last week, United States President Donald Trump told journalists that the U.S. and Iran are “in the final throes of what will be a...
Be careful when fighting monsters, lest you become one. That precept may not have the panache of “build, baby, build” or “Canada strong,” but...
Canada’s housing problem is no longer about ambition; it is whether building still makes economic sense. To keep reading, subscribe and become a...
May I steal a quick moment of your time before I die? The Special Joint Parliamentary Committee on Medically Assisted Dying (AMAD) wouldn’t hear me,...
Political parties don’t want the oversight and scrutiny that would come with a third party like Elections Canada overseeing their nomination races....
CALGARY—Are the Liberals starting to become vulnerable? To keep reading, subscribe and become a political insider. Only $7.76 a week for an annual...
A parliamentary committee’s review of the controversial lawful access bill is now itself dealing with its own contentious issue that will not go...
In uncertain times, nations rediscover themselves by building. Canada now faces that moment again. The question is what we choose to build next. To...
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon has finally released the long-anticipated “AI for All” strategy. To keep...
Across Africa, from Uganda to Senegal and To keep reading, subscribe and become a political insider. Only $7.76 a week for an annual subscription....
IDP Education’s Emerging Futures 9 research confirms it: today’s prospective international students are shopping for employability,...
MONTREAL—There are moments when we are reminded we live in a civilized world with genuinely thoughtful intellectuals whose concern for the future of...
OTTAWA—In recent days, both the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail have written pieces on some limited degree of dissension in the federal Liberal...
OTTAWA—There are few areas of public policy in Canada more subject to political divisiveness, social media negativity, or mass media sensationalism...
OTTAWA—If you have a criminal record and are coming to Canada using an alias in your passport to illegally conduct a cash-only driveway paving...
When a diesel resupply convoy fails to reach a northern Canadian base, delayed by weather or some other supply chain error, the consequences can be...
Whenever a senior official from any western nation visits mainland China, the fear is often whether they will outmanoeuvre Beijing or give up more...
TORONTO—There is an old maxim in politics: parties do not get elected, governments get defeated. Elections are usually referendums on incumbency. ...
OTTAWA—On May 25, there was a national news story to the effect that the Liberal government is leasing 10 firefighting aircraft in advanc... To keep...
LONDON, U.K.—Solar storms are not even in my top-five threat list to humankind (nuclear war, asteroid strikes, super-volcano eruptions like...
Another week, another example of unserious thinking on the serious problem of foreign interference. To keep reading, subscribe and become a political...
OTTAWA—Do Canadians deserve clarity on the separation question? To keep reading, subscribe and become a political insider. Only $7.76 a week for an...
HALIFAX—The big question in American politics is whether the country will deal with United States President Donald Trump’s moral bankruptcy or...
Bill C-22 marks the most significant modernization of Canada’s digital evidence laws in years, and the Ontario Child Sexual Exploitation...
Most Canadians don’t think about government debt, which is understandable—our personal debt (mortgages, credit cards, etc.) seems much more...
SCARBOROUGH, ONT.—Every party needs a party pooper, and CANSEC 2026 certainly qualifies as a party. To keep reading, subscribe and become a...
What Canada needs right now is politicians who can truly show their love for this country amid the threats of secession from both Alberta and Quebec,...
TORONTO—Digital sovereignty is the new national priority. It's about our ability to have some control over our own future, and not a future as...
OAKVILLE, ONT.—If you want to trace the possible origins of Alberta’s separatist movement, which is making so much news these days, I think you...
OTTAWA—Ya know what grinds my gears? Truth is there are any number of things that dumbfound me on a regular basis about Canadian politics. Today,...
OTTAWA—In 1983, while attending Clarkson University in northern New York, I inadvertently became immersed in the computer revolution when the...
Canada's broadcasting system has long been built on a straightforward principle: those who benefit from access to Canadian audiences should...
Canada is facing two simultaneous realities: growing concern about boys’ and men’s wellbeing, and continued high rates of male-perpetrated...
The challenges facing Canada today are enormous. The federal government needs a “simplification revolution” to move with speed and focus on...
OTTAWA— Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand’s recent convening of Canada’s top diplomats to consolidate Ottawa’s foreign policy into a... To...
Since the Carney government took office last year, Canada has seen a spate of environmental rollbacks in supposed pursuit of environmental regulations...
With Alberta Premier Danielle Smith setting an Oct. 19 date for a referendum on whether to have a referendum on Alberta separatism, the one thing that...
In 1939, Canada was not an industrial power. Its 10,000-man military was threadbare, its procurement system buried in red tape, and its capital...
The federal government’s newly released National Electricity Strategy is a welcome sign that the C... To keep reading, subscribe and become a...
Canada marks June as ALS Awareness Month, formally recognized by Parliament. Every year, Canadians living with ALS, their families, clinicians,...
OTTAWA—For far too long, Health Canada has operated largely in secret, been captive to special interests it supposedly regulates, and has been too...