End the tax holiday for Airbnb and its brethren

Give the Auditor General’s (AG) spring report credit for exposing a problem that is costing us hundreds of millions in lost tax revenue. But it...

La nouvelle guerre des classes

L’autre jour, au lendemain de son décès, je vous disais toute l’admiration que j’avais pour Jean-Claude Labrecque. Un artiste qui a passé sa...

Does replacing street parking with bike lanes really hurt business?

As a society we have been conditioned for generations to believe that customers arriving by car is the only real measure of success. It may finally...

Heureuse CAQ

Les décideurs de la CAQ sont très heureux du déroulement de cette première session parlementaire complète qui se termine pour le gouvernement. Et...

Think your neighbour is mad about leaves? Think again. Conflict starts in the heart

He was a retired professor with an immaculate backyard. Across the fence was a young junk collector. Or at least, that’s what the professor saw....

La nouvelle guerre des classes

L’autre jour, au lendemain de son décès, je vous disais toute l’admiration que j’avais pour Jean-Claude Labrecque. Un artiste qui a passé sa...

Alexandre Jardin: menteur compulsif

Je ne lirai pas le dernier Alexandre Jardin, Le roman vrai d’Alexandre. Pas envie. Après nous avoir menti pendant 30 ans, l’auteur nous...

Le message porte ses fruits

Lorsque le pourcentage de gens se prononçant pour des investissements plus substantiels en transport collectif se rapproche autant que celui pour...

Thomas Walkom: The case against rat glue traps

The bird was a female cardinal. It was on the ground and appeared to be stuck to something. It was in distress. When my wife and I approached, we...

Pas la faute à Hydro!

Hydro-Québec, un monopole. Et puisqu’on se méfie d’un monopole, on réglemente ses tarifs. Et pas à peu près. La société d’État doit...

La «laïcité» de la CAQ

Au moment où j’écris ces lignes, attablé au soleil, j’observe les abeilles butinant les trèfles fleuris et les écureuils narguant le chat, à...

Steinberg’s MMQB: First impressions matter

The winter of 2019 saw unprecedented movement in free agency, but it also set us up for a long waiting game. How would these big name players look...

Heureuse CAQ

Les décideurs de la CAQ sont très heureux du déroulement de cette première session parlementaire complète qui se termine pour le gouvernement. Et...

Alexandre Jardin: menteur compulsif

Je ne lirai pas le dernier Alexandre Jardin, Le roman vrai d’Alexandre. Pas envie. Après nous avoir menti pendant 30 ans, l’auteur nous...

Le message porte ses fruits

Lorsque le pourcentage de gens se prononçant pour des investissements plus substantiels en transport collectif se rapproche autant que celui pour...

Hong Kong et nous

Deux millions de personnes sont descendues manifester dans les rues de Hong Kong. Plusieurs défenseurs de la démocratie à Hong Kong tentent...

Landry’s 5 takeaways from Week 1

Hello, Drew Wolitarsky. Nice touchdown celebration. From here on out, I think I’ll call you Drew Wol-guitarsky. Here are this week’s takeaways.  ...

Si Trump s’accroche au pouvoir

Plusieurs Américains craignent que Donald Trump refuse de quitter la Maison-Blanche s’il perd les élections de novembre 2020, surtout si...

We need smart policies to prosper from Artificial Intelligence

It’s time to move faster and more deliberately to develop a gameplan that ensures our achievements are enjoyed by all for generations to come.

Scheer shouldn't echo Trudeau on fiscal policy

This is surprising given the relatively poor performance of the Liberals over the past four years.

Raptors NBA championship has ended Toronto's era of defeatism

TORONTO – A championship parade, in Toronto, this time for real and not uttered in sarcasm about the aspirations of the local teams, should be a...

NHL Draft host Canucks keeping all options open with 10th overall pick

VANCOUVER — The last time the National Hockey League bestowed its entry draft on Vancouver, the Canucks maximized their meagre five picks by...

Heather Mallick: The lost art of cooking

After seeing the great Madhur Jaffrey, who brought fine Indian cooking to the West, speak onstage at the Royal Ontario Museum, I am adrift in food...

Thriving Glaciers and Doomed Environmentalists

By Daniel Greenfield —— Bio and Archives--June 17, 2019 Global Warming-Energy-Environment | Comments | Print Friendly | Subscribe | Email Us...

Bill C-69 fight has tainted valuable impact analysis

There has been a lot of confusion around one often mentioned but mostly misunderstood component of Bill C-69, the requirement of an impact...

Le conseil oublié d'Einstein pour être heureux au travail!

Le physicien allemand Albert Einstein en 1922. (Photo: DR) La scène se passe en 1922, à l’Imperial Hotel de Tokyo, au Japon. Un jeune groom est...

World will pay a price if we don't resolve the menstruation taboo

In the developing world, where adequate sanitation facilities are rare, a girl's monthly period can be a barrier to education, employment, equity,...

How to avoid credit card mistakes while on vacation

Q: A few years ago we had some financial troubles. It was a second marriage for each of us and we both came into it with baggage. It’s taken time,...

Trudeau couldn't resist smearing Canadians

He couldn’t stop himself. No, for Justin Trudeau it was too tempting. The world was watching, after all. So after avoiding the question for 24...

LILLEY: Trudeau's rifle ban idea won't hurt the criminals

If there was any doubt that the Trudeau government’s plans for new gun control measures were more about politics than public safety, that doubt...

Where’s the plan for Canadian ISIS members in custody overseas?

In the spring of 2018, Rukmini Callimachi, a national security reporter with The New York Times, published a podcast series titled “Caliphate....

Si Trump s’accroche au pouvoir

Plusieurs Américains craignent que Donald Trump refuse de quitter la Maison-Blanche s’il perd les élections de novembre 2020, surtout si...

BONOKOSKI: Forget the Raptors, where’s Ottawa’s parade for hitting a million?

While Toronto was revelling and understandably gloating Monday as hundreds of thousands turned out for a huge parade celebrating their Raptors...

Hong Kong et nous

Deux millions de personnes sont descendues manifester dans les rues de Hong Kong. Plusieurs défenseurs de la démocratie à Hong Kong tentent...

Victim’s ‘bleed again’ as cop killer seeks parole

A quarter-century after Const. Todd Baylis died in the line of duty, his killer is seeking parole. The other Toronto police officer shot that night...

Why did Madonna go ballistic when someone simply talked about her age?

Should women be spooked or relieved at growing older? Madonna seems obsessed with keeping up. This is a curse; it’s as though her drive to stay...

Everyone has the right to life, reader argues

To the editor: I've recently seen, on national news coverage, some concern over the uprising of the pro-life movement in Missouri, Alabama and...

L'univers particulier de Raphaël Lavoie

BUFFALO – Si vous le croisiez dans les rues de Chambly, pendant qu’il marche avec son chien, vous ne devineriez jamais que Raphaël Lavoie est...

GUEST COLUMN: Privileged PM Justin Trudeau mocked in viral video

BY MICHELLE REMPEL In the chateaus of downtown Ottawa, the morally superior bourgeois set often give each other knowing glances over glasses of...

Why did Madonna go ballistic when someone simply talked about her age?

Should women be spooked or relieved at growing older? Madonna seems obsessed with keeping up. This is a curse; it’s as though her drive to stay...

Victim’s ‘bleed again’ as cop killer seeks parole

A quarter-century after Const. Todd Baylis died in the line of duty, his killer is seeking parole. The other Toronto police officer shot that night...

Live blog: Toronto Raptors NBA Championship Parade

It’s a day many thought would never come, but here we are. The route has actually been planned, and the Toronto Raptors NBA championship parade is...

Heading into the NHL Draft Canadiens need to upgrade left side of defence

MONTREAL—It’s a situation you can only hope to be in when you have a major need to address. With 23 players already on the active roster, close to...

Pas la faute à Hydro!

Hydro-Québec, un monopole. Et puisqu’on se méfie d’un monopole, on réglemente ses tarifs. Et pas à peu près. La société d’État doit...

La caricature de Décary

After so much failure, can the Liberals finally build a pipeline?

After already approving the Trans Mountain expansion once before in November 2016, Canadians have every right to expect the Liberals will...

Africa and Canada form partnership for accelerating growth in Africa.

Africa is on the move. You can feel the surge everywhere. GDP growth rates are expected to top 4 per cent this year — surpassing the global average...

Joe Biden pledging not to use disinformation or accept foreign government help

By Dag Barkley —— Bio and Archives--June 17, 2019 Cartoons | Comments | Print Friendly | Subscribe | Email Us Born beneath a loaf of ‘wry’...

Andrew McCabe has called for immediate proceeding for impeachment

By Dag Barkley —— Bio and Archives--June 17, 2019 Cartoons | Comments | Print Friendly | Subscribe | Email Us Born beneath a loaf of ‘wry’...

9th Circuit challenges ICE warrant and arrests, reverses deportation order

By Matthew Vadum —— Bio and Archives--June 17, 2019 American Politics, News, Opinion | Comments | Print Friendly | Subscribe | Email Us A...