Water Wars
In 2006, the Dominion Institute held an essay contest entitled “Canada in 2020”, which came with a $2020 prize for the essay presenting the best vision for Canada.
David Graham
Standing Up For Canada
The next leader of the Liberal Party needs, more than anything else, to unapologetically stand up for Canada, Canadian democracy, and Canadian sovereignty in the face of significant foreign and…
Leadership by Caucus
Every pundit and their sibling will write about the Liberal leadership race over the next few weeks, but few will say what truly needs to be said: it is the…
A Referendum On Anschluss
The 2025 Canadian federal election may develop a somewhat unusual ballot question: do you want Canada to become the 51st state of the United States?
A Nation Without Grace
As Justin Trudeau comes to terms with the loss of his own caucus’s support and the inevitable end of his premiership, we have much to thank him for.
Trudeau Missing His Aline
When I was elected in 2015, I told my staff that if Prime Minister Trudeau rose, we would rise with him, but if he fell, we would need to have…
The Gift Of Indigenous Languages
As the country largely grinds to a halt to celebrate Christmas today, it is worth considering some of the most important gifts we have been given — and at what…
Time’s Up
Next time the House of Commons is scheduled to sit will be on January 27th.
An Unsympathetic Death
Last week, United Healthcare CEO Brain Thompson was murdered in New York City on his way to a conference of investors in his American health insurance company.
Transphobia As A Wedge
White supremacy gave way to pro-life, and transphobia is the new dogwhistle
Canada’s $250 Embarrassment
Canadians and the general public across the West are looking for significant, transformative change.
The Thin Red Line That Is Ukraine
Now that the Democrats have lost every lever of national power in the United States, the outgoing American President has finally given Ukraine the green light to use long range…
An Amoral Trump Is No Accident
The American right wing alliance is far more insidious than they are given credit for, reminiscent of a religious-oligarchal pact that has defined another region's politics for centuries.
Now what?
Many Canadians will wake up this morning feeling mad, or perhaps sad, that Donald Trump has once again been elected President of the United States.
Last Chance, America
It's October 1932 Germany in the United States. Which path will they choose for January 1933?
A Third Referendum?
Slogans have meaning.
Trudeau Must Go? Not So Fast
There are widespread reports of a petition circulating within Liberal Caucus calling on Justin Trudeau to step down as leader.
DeAdder Fired and the Weird Week
Yesterday afternoon, Michael DeAdder announced that he’d been fired by the Postmedia-owned Halifax Chronicle Herald, where he has been the editorial cartoonist for more than three decades, and for which…
Language Politics: False Division
Quebec's focus on alienating anglophones hurts French everywhere else
Political finance reform
In December of 2017, in the midst of the controversy in my home province around the legitimacy of saying “Bonjour, hi!” to a customer entering a shop in Quebec, the…