Is there a parent who has not read to their children at this time of year these famous words? “Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot . . . but the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville, did NOT!” They are, […]

The constitutional right of women to control their own bodies – including the right to choose to have an abortion – has been recognized in the United States for a half-century, ever since the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade […]

Although Justin Trudeau’s Liberals probably have the thinnest public support of any federal government in Canadian history, a shade less than one-third of the two-thirds of the eligible voters who cast ballots on Sept. 20 – or roughly 20 per […]

While the usual suspects are gathering for the opening of the new Parliament, let’s take a few moments to reflect, if counter-intuitively, on a party that isn’t invited to the capital this week. It is the People’s Party of Canada, […]

Half-measures do not win wars. They may delay defeat, but they won’t conquer a resolute enemy. COVID-19 is such an enemy, and the war against the pandemic requires a no-holds-barred effort from all three levels: the federal government, the 13 […]

In the weeks following the Sept. 20 election, how many Liberals MPs, one wonders, took to dropping to their knees at bedtime to offer this prayer to the Almighty: “Dear Lord, I will do anything You wish, serve in any […]

The message from the voters seemed clear enough on Sept. 20: Get back to work; stop playing political games; stop wasting time with partisan posturing and delaying tactics; you have a pandemic and many other serious matters to deal with, […]

Most issues that confront the federal government can be resolved with relatively quick fixes – a ministerial decision, a cabinet order, a patch applied to an item of legislation. But other issues seem to defy resolution. They hang around for […]