Charbonneau

CHARBONNEAU – Russia cheers Trump’s plan to control W. Hemisphere

January 8, 2026 // 0 Comments

THE KREMLIN welcomed President Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy (NSS), released on Dec. 4, 2025. It was dismissed by some as an example of more Trump rant but [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The agony and hope for Gen Z

January 1, 2026 // 4 Comments

ON THE SURFACE, things look bleak for twenty-somethings. But scratch the surface and the future for Gen Z holds promise. They followed the advice of their parents and [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Exodus of foreigners restores immigration balance

December 25, 2025 // 0 Comments

JUST AS QUICKLY as our population rose, it suddenly dropped as some foreigners left Canada. It’s been boom and bust times for universities and colleges. And it’s had a [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – N.B. court rules sensibly on Indigenous land claim

December 18, 2025 // 0 Comments

IN CONTRAST to the court decision that gave private property in Richmond to the Cowichan Tribe, a New Brunswick’s Court of Appeal has ruled the opposite. Justice Drapeau [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – ‘Indigenous’ identity is a vague status

December 11, 2025 // 1 Comment

BEING ‘INDIGENOUS’ can mean almost anything. Celebrated author Thomas King made it clear. The author of The Inconvenient Indian had always thought that he was [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Pipeline follies: political theatre picks up under Carney

December 4, 2025 // 1 Comment

POLITICAL THEATRE in Canada is picking up under PM Carney. The plot The prime minister of Canada wins over a defensive Alberta premier with a Memorandum of Understanding but [Continue]