Mar 22 2023 — George Monastiriakos — National Newswatch — Canada’s politicians – and the people who advise them – have sacrificed the Canadian national interest on the altar of progressive and conservative ideology for far too long. The foundation of Canada’s security and prosperity – the peace dividend Canadians have reaped because of our special relationship with the U.S. – is a historical anomaly. […]
Mar 2 2023 — George Monastiriakos — National Newswatch — Increasing health transfers to the provinces and expanding the role of private clinics are band-aids for a bullet wound because the root cause of Canada’s health care crisis is a shortage of doctors. Canada has the 9th highest GDP in the world. When it comes to physicians per capita (“PPC”), however, the World Bank barely […]
Nov 12 2022 — George Monastiriakos — National Newswatch — Canada possesses unique strategic advantages on the world stage. Among other things, Canada is a Pacific and Atlantic power that has critical natural resources, a special relationship with the U.S., and no revisionist states to destabilize the status quo in its neighborhood. While this has enabled the country to prosper beyond its founding fathers’ brightest […]
Nov 10 2022 — George Monastiriakos — National Newswatch — Canada possesses a unique strategic advantage on the world stage: diaspora communities that provide it with cultural and historical connections to virtually every other country on Earth. Strategists at Global Affairs Canada must understand that these diaspora communities hold the key to improving Canadian diplomacy. Whereas Canada is comparatively multicultural and forward thinking, it operates […]
Aug 17 2022 — George Monastiriakos — National Newswatch — The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, like the annexation of Crimea and the occupation of Georgia and Moldova before it, is the latest phase in the defining ideological struggle of the 21st century: between countries governed by the rule of law, in favour of building and maintaining a rules-based international system, and lawless states that […]