It would never have occurred, the kerfuffle that’s going on in Ottawa this fall, all the finger-pointing, buck-passing and blame-evading, if the truckers and their 18-wheelers had staged their protest a couple of decades ago – in, let’s say, October […]

Revera Inc., the international chain of for-profit long-term care homes owned by the Government of Canada, is in the news again – and, as in the early stages of the pandemic, it is not good news. This time the bad […]

As a rule, Canadians do not pay close attention to the biennial midterm elections in the United States, when all 535 members of the House of Representatives and one-third of senators and state governors come up for re-election or replacement. […]

Rt. Hon. Justin TrudeauRideau Cottage1 Sussex DriveOttawa, ON  K1A 0A1 My Dear Prime Minister, Welcome home, Sir. You sure managed to cram a lot into six days away: the first four days in England for the magnificent state funeral for Queen […]

The ability of the Conservatives to re-establish themselves as an alternative federal government will rest on at least two factors. First, their new leader, Pierre Poilievre, needs to hold the party together following a bitterly divisive leadership campaign in which […]

By any realistic appraisal, the monarchy, as an institution has outlived its relevance in this country. It serves no necessary or useful purpose. But there’s a reason why the institution has survived as long as it has and stayed in […]

There was something peculiar about the appointment of Michelle O’Bonsawin, the first Indigenous Canadian ever named to the Supreme Court of Canada. Not about the historic appointment itself. Not so much about the choice of Justice O’Bonsawin, who is an […]

Let’s circle four days in September – Saturday, Sept. 10 through Tuesday, the 13th. These dates, a week before Parliament returns from its summer recess, will be the most significant ones in the 2022 political calendar since March 22, the […]