Reclaiming And Redefining
In the wake of COVID 19, Glen Pearson writes, we are reconsidering the notion of social capital: What is social capital? It is actually something quite real, practiced, and built…
Owen Gray
Safety — Present and Future
Justin Trudeau is getting advice from Liberals of the Past. But he refuses to intervene in the Meng Wanzhow extradition case. Susan Delacourt writes: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is getting…
Harris’s Ghost
Mike Harris’s ghost continues to stalk the province of Ontario. Martin Regg Cohn writes: It is impossible to follow provincial politics today without fathoming the ghost of Ontario’s 22nd premier,…
Who’s Banning Whom?
Donald Trump began his presidency by instituting travel bans on those who weren’t Americans. He ends his presidency with the rest of the world banning Americans from entering their countries.…
Barr’s Justice Department
What is going on at the American Department of Justice is deeply troubling. Ruth Marcus writes: It is becoming alarmingly difficult to keep track of all the reasons to worry…
A Future Of No Growth?
People are talking about getting back to “normal.” But, perhaps, normal isn’t such a good idea. Glen Pearson writes: The prosperous nations of the world have spent their entire existence…
Justin And Donnie
John Bolton writes that Donald Trump doesn’t like Justin Trudeau. That comes as no surprize. Susan Delacourt writes: Bolton has given readers a peek behind the scenes of the now-famous…
No Renewal?
Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, is in hot water. Tom Lutz reports: Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, was under pressure on Sunday after claiming hundreds of thousands of…
What We Have Learned
Robin Sears writes that COVID has taught us several lessons. Here are a few: First, it’s time to begin preparing for the next pandemic, now. We have had a virus…
Stuck In The Past
Chantal Hebert writes that Peter Mackay may lead in the Conservative leadership race. But the party is still stuck in the past: The party may be about to change its…
Ugliness All Around
Michelle Goldberg managed to get a pre-publication copy of John Bolton’s new book. And, having read it, she writes that the book describes a conversation Trump had with Xi at…
Ford’s Road To Damascus?
COVID 19 has changed a lot of things. Martin Regg Cohn wonders if it has changed Doug Ford. When he was elected, Ford posed as The Great Disrupter: Basking in…
Irrelevant Conservatives
The Conservative leadership debates begin this week. Tonight the contenders will debate in French. Tomorrow they will debate in English. But, Susan Delacourt writes, the contenders have much more to…
Et Tu, Mary?
There are lots of people in the streets these days trying to bring Donald Trump down. But Arwa Mahdawi writes that it may be Trump’s family who drives the final…
Cerberus for The 21st Century
There is a gulf — a growing gulf — between Trump World and the real world. Francine Prose writes: Given how busy most Americans are these days – home-schooling their…
Pandemic Fatigue
Robin Sears writes that pandemic fatigue is setting in: Public health officials have raised alarms almost daily about the risks of letting our guard down, or re-opening without clear safeguards.…
Trump And History
Fintan O’Toole writes that Donald Trump is the Unpresident — a man who enlarges the public sphere as he tries to shrink history: This sudden enlargement of the public sphere…
The End Of The Civil War
Eugene Robinson has an interesting column in today’s Washington Post. He writes that Donald Trump, not Jefferson Davis, may be the last president of The Confederacy: It should have happened…
Do We See?
Martin Luther King had some insightful things to say about power: “It is the strength required to bring about social, political and economic change.” “Now, we got to get this…
The Marshmellow Test
Paul Krugman always has a good take on what is happening in the United States and — because we are close neighbours — what is happening here. That is most…