Some Of The People
Doug Ford came to power claiming he was “for the people.” But he began his tenure by cutting programs. When the pandemic hit, it appeared that Ford was changing course.…
Owen Gray
Juggling Variables
Ontario has begun to re-open its schools. However, Martin Regg Cohn writes there is no one correct answer to schools reopening. That’s because the virus — and our knowledge about…
Fearing Modernity
Republicans may not want to admit it. But Marjorie Taylor Greene is now the face of their party. Lloyd Greene writes: Trump is out of office but his spirit lives…
The Damned Republican Party
Yesterday, two significant things happened in Washington: the Senate passed Joe Biden’s Covid rescue plan without any Republican votes. Kamala Harris passed the deciding vote. And Margorie Taylor Greene was…
We Haven’t Yet Learned
Forty years ago, we were told that global capitalism would produce a better world. It hasn’t exactly worked out as planned. Glen Pearson writes: Not all that long ago, we…
You Can’t Believe What They Say
Two days ago, ten Republican senators met with Joe Biden offering him a COVID aid program that amounted to one-third of what he wanted. Paul Krugman writes: Republicans, however, want…
Long COVID And Chronic Fatigue
We are now dealing with the effects of what George Monbiot calls Long COVID. He writes: Long Covid is no respecter of youth, health or fitness. It afflicts more women…
Big Trouble
Andrew Nikiforuk writes that our approach to fighting COVID 19 has been all wrong: Last January, one strain of this novel virus began its assured global conquest, and since then…
Where’s The Exit?
Maggie Haberman reports in this morning’s New York Times that the five lawyers who were going to defend Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial have quit: Former President Donald…
Big Money In Big Pharma
The pandemic has been a windfall for Big Pharma. The Trudeau government was planning to roll out a national pharmacare program. Central to that effort was The Patented Medicine Prices…
That Will Not Happen
The Republican Party is doomed. What isn’t clear yet is whether the United States is doomed. Paul Krugman writes: On Tuesday Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, who has said…
Do We Need A Governor General?
Julie Payette is gone. Bob Hepburn writes that it’s time to make her job go with her. Consider what she did and what it cost: In the 40 months that…
Socialism For The Rich
When the pandemic has been reigned in, Tom Friedman writes that we have to have a conversation about what has become conventional wisdom over the last forty years — socialism…
Good Bye And Good Riddance
The Canadian political scene is being reconstituted. Some of its ugliest practitioners are leaving the stage. Susan Delacourt writes: It appears to be sweeps week in Canadian politics — when…
Making Government Work
Joe Biden has talked a lot about unity. But, E.J. Dionne writes, unity is being overtaken by urgency: Senate Democrats won their 49th and 50th seats in Georgia’s two runoff…
How To Deal With Domestic Terrorists
Recent events in Washington have pushed an old question into the spotlight: How should we deal with domestic terrorists? Robin Sears writes: There is no more sensitive dilemma in a…
Intellectual Zombies
Joe Biden wants to unify his nation. But, Paul Krugman writes, he faces a tough slog: Some, perhaps most, of the opposition he’ll face will come from people who are…
Julie, Julie, Julie
Julie Payette has resigned. The warning signs were there from the beginning. Susan Delacourt writes: It took very few days after Payette’s announced appointment for some big red flags to…
What Now, Jason?
Joe Biden has cancelled the Keystone XL pipeline. That puts Jason Kenney in a very uncomfortable spot. David Climenhaga writes: It’s been a Biden promise from the get-go. It’s easy…
The Kind Of Surprises
Tom Friedman writes that the terrible experiment is over: We just survived something really crazy awful: four years of a president without shame, backed by a party without spine, amplified…