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Plan to label Trump critics as mentally ill echoes authoritarian regimes
Posted on April 10, 2025In March 2025, New York psychiatrist Dr. Leon Hoffman wrote a letter to The Guardian reporting that the Minnesota legislature had requested the psychiatric community recognize a… Read More »
Poilievre’s path to power just got harder with Carney in the race
Posted on March 27, 2025Overheard in the backrooms of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s campaign team: “Carney? Crap!” “Relax, Jenni. We’ve got plenty of fodder to work with.” Those folks… Read More »
Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico will backfire
Posted on March 13, 2025Make America Great Again. That is what U.S. President Donald Trump and his supporters hope and expect. The slogan suggests a return to a supposedly… Read More »
Trump’s tariffs and sanctions fuel global oil market chaos
Posted on February 27, 2025Proposed U.S. tariffs on Canadian crude—part of Donald Trump’s push for protectionist trade policies—are raising alarm on both sides of the border. Set for March… Read More »
Canada must resist the lure of protectionism, even as U.S. tariffs loom
Posted on February 20, 2025The United States has delayed its 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods for 30 days, giving Ottawa a brief window to assess its economic… Read More »
Will Pierre Poilievre deliver the leadership Canada needs?
Posted on February 6, 2025Recent news coverage in Canada has been dominated by speculation over who will replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party. It’s… Read More »
Both Trudeaus lingered too long
Posted on January 16, 2025Beyond the obvious biological relationship of father and son, you can find commonalities between Pierre and Justin Trudeau. They were both charismatic to the point… Read More »
Why unions are dividing Canada and wrecking the economy
Posted on January 9, 2025In an era of constrained budgets and competitive challenges, Canada’s beleaguered economy has become beset with strikes called by unions demanding double-digit wage hikes. The… Read More »
How Trudeau’s GST/HST tax break turned into a holiday turkey
Posted on December 31, 2024T’was the week before Christmas, and all through the malls, many creatures were stirring … Consumers and retailers are scrambling to understand the GST/HST holiday… Read More »
Ottawa’s agriculture failures are putting Canadian farmers at risk
Posted on December 12, 2024Make no mistake, the real issue for Canada’s agri-food sector isn’t what’s happening in Washington – it’s what’s happening here at home. While many Canadians… Read More »