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Not that much was expected, but the House Government Operations Committee could have at least started to probe into the details behind the...
As part of its global efforts to diversify this country’s export markets, Canada is now closing in on signing a free trade deal with South...
OTTAWA—Defence spending has been making a steady stream of headlines recently with the Carney Liberals announcing a number of major acquisition...
As financial fraud and scams targeting Canadians rise, the government is right to look for stronger ways to protect consumers. But acting quickly is...
OAKVILLE, ONT.—It seems the Conservative Party of Canada has stumbled into a pointless civil war, one triggered by a series of unforced errors. To...
On March 25, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution that condemned the trans-Atlantic enslavement of Africans as “the gravest...
TORONTO—One day, I’ll tell this full story. It’s great. But today, you’ll have to settle for a very abbreviated version. For years, my family...
HALIFAX—Call it diplomacy by humour. French diplomats have joked that since Canada and Denmark share a land border on tiny Hans Island off...
For the past decade, Canada has rightly celebrated its role in inventing modern artificial intelligence. Canadian researchers helped lay the...
Next month, Canadian warships will arrive in the Indo-Pacific, signalling Ottawa’s ambition to deepen military ties with regional allies,...
The first ministers meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Charlottetown last week was, again, totally focused on economic issues, with the...
It’s no surprise that the demographic that’s most likely to be well established—i.e. people who own a home (or two), have a pension, or are...
LONDON, U.K.—I was reading an article about the current wildfires written in a reputable paper by a recognized “environmental journalist,” but I...
Canada has a labour shortage and a labour surplus at the same time. Our labour force shortages are no longer a temporary challenge. Across the...
OTTAWA—On July 13, the small Ojibwa community of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation located in a wilderness-bound area 220 km north of Thunder Bay,...
Bans are the flavour of the moment. Australia’s ban on social media accounts for under-16s came into effect at the start of 2026, and more than 40...
The World Cup is over. Canada didn't win the trophy, but now it must win the legacy game, and that's a policy problem, not a sports one. To...
On July 1, the United States opted against renewing the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement. However, unlike the NAFTA negotiations in 2018, the U.S. economy...
OTTAWA—Who does the Carney government listen to? Canadian tech darling CEO Tobias Lütke recently caused an uproar on Twitter that caught the...
OTTAWA—On July 26, Prime Minister Mark Carney called three byelections for Aug. 31. The districts of Beaches–East York, Ont.; Chicoutimi–Le...
January isn’t typically the time people talk about wildfires. But the devastating fires in Los Angeles have put this issue back... To keep...
LONDON, U.K.—There’s a lot of performative militarism in Russia at the moment, which is unsurprising given that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is...
OTTAWA—Last week, the big defence story making national headlines was the announcement that Canada has become the first observer nation to sign on...
Trust is the centrepiece of Canada’s artificial intelligence ambitions. In fact, trust is the self-proclaimed “North Star” of Canada’s AI for...
As United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made abundantly clear in his Feb. 13 announcement, America's commitments to supporting...
The Russian bombing of a children's hospital in Kyiv on July 8 represents a brutal new low in President Vladimir Putin's genocidal war...
CHELSEA, QUE.—Rage, fear, contempt: an incomplete list, but it captures this country’s overall reaction to United States President Donald Trump,...
Throughout his professional life, Prime Minister Mark Carney has excelled in all of the most senior positions in both the public and private sectors....
TORONTO—When it comes to digital sovereignty, we need more public “agitation.” We need another nickel moment. It was back in 1915 that a royal...
OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre must be tearing his hair out. To keep reading, subscribe and become a political insider. Only $7.76 a...
OTTAWA—Does racism have a face in wildfire response? You’ve seen the shocking video as people escape by boat from the wildfire, towering smoke on...
HALIFAX—So, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is making an image adjustment. He has decided to exchange his signature smirk and the snarky...
SCARBOROUGH, ONT.—In a series of increasingly dubious justifications for his blatant corruption, United States President Donald J. Trump’s last...
Forty years ago, I wheeled out of Vancouver's Oakridge Centre and set out to cross 34 countries tallying 40,000 kilometres, driven by a simple...
OAKVILLE, ONT.—The biblical parable about two architects reminds me of a problem currently facing the federal New Democratic Party. To keep...
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LONDON, U.K.—I have been writing this column twice a week for a long time, so I have a finely developed sense for when the audience is sick of a...
Before you get too excited about Online Harms 3.0, consider that it’s unlikely any child currently in school will directly benefit from it. To keep...
Governments champion the production of low-carbon renewable energy, and they often provide a range of incentives for the output of clean energy from...
OTTAWA—Inundated as we are with so much public-policy debate along with incessant social media about security, sovereignty, and simple solutions, it...
There are many stories that can be told about 24 Sussex's existence as the past home or facility provider to Canada’s prime ministers. To keep...
ST. JOHN'S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA—Today, Glasgow will once again become the meeting place of the Commonwealth, as athletes and supporters from 56...
When Canada went into its recent review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, debate centred on tariffs, market access, and potential job...
Canada's next agricultural policy framework arrives at a defining moment. Agriculture is no longer simply about producing food. It is...
OTTAWA—If you were asked to rank the most absurd or outlandish thing United States President Donald Trump has said since coming into office that...
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Earlier this month, the Alberta and federal governments jointly submitted a new oil pipeline proposal to the Major Projects Office where Prime...
This past weekend, Prime Minister Mark Carney reportedly had to sit through a lecture from United States President Donald Trump about the state of...
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—In the news media, the deep summer is known as the “silly season” because there is normally not much hard news, so obscure...
OTTAWA—Ensuring the go-ahead of a new Windsor-Detroit bridge that will bring significant trade benefits to Canada is only the latest in Prime...