Grievance politics is radicalizing men on a global scale. And those men aren’t hiding behind memes or pseudonyms anymore — they’re out, emboldened, killing for their cause in broad daylight. Consequently, the safety of women and trans and queer communities are under threat now as never before.

Several years ago, legendary Washington Post editor Marty Baron came to Ottawa to speak at Carleton University about the future of journalism. At a dinner later, Baron was talking about how he had little patience with journalists who kept lamenting how the old days were better. One of the guests, with his own illustrious career […]

I recall growing up in Calgary in the late-1950s when a neighbour began digging a bomb shelter.  He wasn’t the first and wouldn’t be the last.  Clearly, the Soviet Union had designs on world domination, and vehicles like the movie industry or arms suppliers were quickly forced to respond.  Nikita Khrushchev was the Soviet leader, […]

I can’t remember the last time immigration featured prominently in national political debates in Canada. This doesn’t mean that all Canadians hold decidedly pro-immigration attitudes. The lack of friction on the issue, in my view, is more likely the result of an elite-consensus on the value of immigration than a reflection of public opinion. We […]

For months now, conservative pundits and politicians have heralded the so-called “Alberta model” as the best way to address Canada’s ongoing opioid crisis and its devastating impact on families and communities across the country. Safe supply, they argued, had simply made the problem worse; Alberta’s decision to prioritize recovery over harm reduction was a better […]

Canada’s third Prime Minister, Sir John Abbott, led the nation from the Senate. A former Mayor of Montreal, he had been first elected to the House as a Tory in 1880. Abbott served in the Commons until 1887 when on the advice of Sir John A. Macdonald, he was sent to the Red Chamber. Upon […]

When I was Canada’s Ambassador to NATO from 2015 to 2018, in the lead-up to every annual meeting of leaders, my colleagues and I would joke that the summit was yet another “inflection point” for NATO. We would even gain points when a leader of an allied nation happened to use those words in a […]

It’s no secret that Canada and the United Kingdom have a very special relationship. I’ve worked closely over the past few years with members of the Canadian House of Commons to challenge big tech companies over data rights and user privacy. Our common values, shared history, and strong economic ties means that our relationship often […]

Even more spectacularly than anticipated, the federal government’s attempts to become world leaders in rescuing journalism have not only collapsed but pushed the nation’s private sector news industry to the edge of an economic abyss. It is difficult to recall a more complete public sector failure than that which Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has engineered […]

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was at 10 Downing Street on this date in 1986 preparing for her trip to Canada to visit Expo in Vancouver and hold talks with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. As part of her preparations, she granted an interview to the CBC. The reporter asked her to give her overall assessment […]