FEDERAL POLITICS – High noon at the Senate
By DOREEN BARRIE Assistant professor Political Science Department University of Calgary IS JUSTIN TRUDEAU a political pyromaniac? He set the match under Liberal senators in [Continue]
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MacFADYEN – For better or worse, Canada and the U.S. are intertwined
IT’S FITTING that Canada and the United States both celebrate the official birth of their countries on two days so close together in July. The two nations’ historical [Continue]
POLITICS – The great flaming mass of Ontario Liberal incompetence
By MICHAEL BONNER TORONTO – Nearly 15 years of Liberal rule have made Ontario the economic equivalent of the Hagersville tire fire. The great flaming mass of Liberal [Continue]
CHIDIAC – Coming clean about the crimes of colonialism, here and abroad
GENOCIDE and colonialism are related and they are global issues. The world is still hurting from their wounds, and they’re hindering the growth and advancement of humanity. [Continue]
TAUBE – Why Canada should bring back leadership reviews
U.K. PRIME MINISTER Theresa May’s snap election on June 8 to get a bigger majority government during Brexit didn’t pay off. May could pay the ultimate price and her fate [Continue]
B.C. POLITICS – How will B.C.’s NDP pay for deal with Greens?
By CHARLES LAMMAM and HUGH MacINTYRE The Fraser Institute THE POWER-SHARING deal struck by the New Democratic Party and Green Party means British Columbians could soon see an [Continue]
B.C. POLITICS – Horgan and NDP fighting to strip workers of secret ballot
By CHRIS GARDNER President, Independent Contractors and Businesses Association ANDREW WEAVER’S story is similar to a lot of workers in B.C. “I know from first-hand [Continue]
KINSELLA – Unrepentant as he unravels, Trump is surely done
UNDERSELL AND overperform. Those of us who had the honour and privilege of working for Jean Chrétien knew that aphorism well. It was his mantra and therefore ours, too. It [Continue]
SUZUKI – Bicycling never gets old
TWO HUNDRED years ago this month, an environmental and fuel crisis inspired one of our greatest inventions — a device so simple, efficient and useful that it’s turning [Continue]
MacFADYEN – How Donald Trump is saving democracy – seriously
DONALD TRUMP has been president of the United States for five months and the effect of his new administration can only be seen as positive and encouraging. Democracy may have [Continue]
WORLD POLITICS – Young Britons’ dangerous infatuation with Marxism
By Dr. MICHAEL BONNER THE OUTCOME of the recent British election offers major warnings about hubris and the rise of left-wing extremism. First, it’s a warning against [Continue]
TRAVIS – The things political parties do to gain an edge in election campigns
ATHLETES SEEK it, why wouldn’t politicians try and do the same? The little things that can help a party gain an edge in a campaign where every vote really did count [Continue]
FRASER INSTITUTE – How an NDP-Green government can free up housing supply
By JOSEF FILIPOWICZ and STEVE LaFLEUR The Fraser Institute IN THE WAKE of last month’s election in British Columbia, the NDP and Green Party appear poised to form the next [Continue]
KINSELLA – Prying back the lid on corruption
JAMES COMEY’S big day – the testimony of former FBI director – has been much discussed, debated and dissected. Comey’s testimony before the Senate intelligence [Continue]
