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Less than a week before Canada Day, the Mark Carney Liberal government announced it was joining other North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries in agreeing to dramatically increase spending on national defence to five per cent of gross domestic product, or GDP, within 10 years.
Does Prime Minister Mark Carney doubt the resolve of Canadians? It is one conclusion that can be drawn from the apparent softening of the Carney government’s stance towards the Americans, and Donald Trump in particular.
The federal election was, at best, a reprieve for Canadian sovereignty, democracy and citizen well-being. It is also a warning: a new approach that addresses the forces of division and demolition is desperately needed. In a remarkable demonstration of civic solidarity and political pragmatism, many Canadians, including urban New Democrats and nationalist Bloc Québécois supporters, voted strategically to prevent a...
An election defined by external threats to the Canadian way of life is now rocked by an internal one: Pierre Poilievre’s unprecedented attack on our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Charter is one of Canada’s most celebrated achievements and serves as a model for other countries’ constitutions. More than 40 years after its inception, eight in 10 Canadians agree...
In a federal election increasingly defined by U.S. President Donald Trump, the future of Canada is on the ballot. However much Canadians have respected and admired America, we have no desire to be Americans. This reawakening is driving a surge of citizen patriotism and a renewed commitment to guard our national identity — and it is presenting a political challenge...
After 91-year-old former prime minister Jean Chrétien’s rousing speech to Liberals earlier this month, it can be easy to forget the still-formidable politician was once doubted, even dubbed “yesterday’s man.” That label prompted Chrétien to run his first campaign as Liberal leader in 1993 showcasing a team of star candidates, invoking the slogan “I have the people, I have the...
Trump attacks from outside and the right undermines from within. Here’s what’s needed. In a dramatically and newly uncertain world, Canadians are finding refuge in the familiar pastime of hockey.
With the growing American threat to Canadian sovereignty and well-being, National Flag Day was an especially poignant occasion this year. It is a shame Pierre Poilievre chose to politicize it. Slumping in the polls and sulking over a renewed “Team Canada” approach to responding to U.S. President Donald Trump, the federal Conservative Leader held a rally that same day.
They can win by countering Poilievre. Instead they’re copying him. Reminder to Liberals: Trump is your foil, but Poilievre is your opponent.
Among the defining images of Justin Trudeau’s time as prime minister will be his greeting refugees at Toronto’s Pearson airport in December 2015, as the first of 25,000 newcomers fleeing war in Syria arrived.
When the effort to remove Joe Biden as Democratic Party candidate for American president was underway, its objective was clear and compelling: prevent Donald Trump from attaining power. The rationale was also persuasive; after flailing in the televised debate and with stories circulating of similar, nonpublic performances, there was genuine concern over Biden’s ability to win the election let alone...
“Have you no sense of decency, sir?” This dramatic rebuke by lawyer Joseph Welch to U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy during a televised hearing in 1954 turned public opinion decisively against the senator’s infamous campaign to persecute his opponents with baseless accusations.
My family planned a wonderful summer vacation. A possibly once-in-a-lifetime, old-fashioned road trip across Canada. Visiting relatives and catching up with friends. Hiking in the Rockies and swimming in the Pacific. Marvelling at the vastness of the land and exploring the richness of its history.