We Need Metrics
I’ve been impressed by Doug Ford’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. But Martin Regg Cohn has me rethinking my evaluation. Ford’s Achilles Heel — like the Mighty Moron’s south of…
Owen Gray
Morons
A moron is someone who is unteachable — or, put another way — someone who cannot learn. The president of the United States is a moron. His first secretary of…
Bringing The House Down
Tony Burman writes that Donald Trump is putting China in the driver’s seat. It wasn’t supposed to be this way: It began in 1972 when then-president Richard Nixon, an avowed…
A Madman
There are those who still confidently predict that Donald Trump will win re-election. But Frank Bruni writes that Trump is self-destructing before our eyes: As Katie Rogers and Annie Karni…
A Collection Of Angry Cranks
Derek Sloan — a Conservative leadership candidate, who comes from a riding close to us — has badmouthed Dr. Theresa Tam. Bruce Arthur writes: Sloan charged that Tam “parroted” World…
The End Of Oil
Nafeez Ahmed writes that the coronavirus may be the death knell of the fossil fuel business: Policy-makers are still in denial as to how long this demand slump will last.…
Targeted Basic Income
It’s happened by happenstance, not by careful long term planning. But Hugh Segal and Evelyn Forget write that the Canda Emergency Response Benefit opens the door to a Targeted Basic…
Follow The Money
Stephen Moore — who Donald Trump tried to install on the Federal Reserve Board — calls the people who insist on opening up the economy despite the health risks “the…
All The Perfumes Of Arabia . . .
When historians write about the Trump Era, they will have to confront his impeachment. And they will no doubt conclude that Congress’s failure to remove him from office was a…
Getting People To Do Difficult Things
The last two months have provided a crash course in how — and how not — to communicate with the public. Robin Sears writes: With the exception of powerful communicators…
Bumbling Conservatives
Andrew Scheer will not go down in history as the best and brightest of Conservative leaders — nor will the people who want his job. Chantal Hebert writes: It is…
Like Dandelions
In the United States, there is a run on guns. Bob Hepburn writes: Americans are leaving their homes and lining up at grocery stores in the desperate hope of buying…
A New International Order
When Donald Trump declared that he was cutting funding for the World Health Organization, Richard Horton — the editor of the Lancet — called his decision “a crime against humanity.”…
When Home Is Dangerous
Six years ago, we moved my mother into a nursing home. It was a good home. It was expensive. But she refused to go, and we had to have her…
Neoliberalism Is Imploding
Neoliberalism, the conventional wisdom that has driven the international consensus about government is under attack. Jim Harding writes: The libertarian view that the individual must relentlessly fight against interference from…
Not Likely
Lawrence Martin writes that Donald Trump is not likely to win re-election. What used to be his strong suit — the economy — has been shattered by the coronavirus: The…
The Deadly Circus
Donald Trump continues to sink into the ooze. Some, including me, are amazed by his performance — or lack of it. Martin Dunn — who used to edit The New…
Stepping Up
In our present situation, we need medical equipment — lots of it. Linda McQuaig suggests that we look to history to see what can be done: In 1940, when British…
The New World
At the moment, we are battling the coronavirus. It looks like that battle will last at least 18 months. But, when the battle is over, we will face a new…