Photo by Bakerjarvis/Dreamstime Much like low-wage “essential workers” during the thick of the pandemic, federal public servants have discovered in recent weeks that they are simultaneously too valuable to continue…
A Shoppers Drug Mart store on Dupont Street in Toronto. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. After a week of sustained bad press, insurance provider Manulife has reversed its decision to enter…
Former Alberta Premier Rachel Notley (far right) at a campaign rally in May 2023. Photo from Twitter. Canadian progressives need to begin the process of organizing a new political movement,…
Photo courtesy General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine/Facebook China’s recent pledge to send a peace delegation to Ukraine in the hope of resolving the country’s ongoing war with…
The flag of the People’s Republic of China files at the Embassy of China in Ottawa. Photo from Flickr. As the war in Ukraine stalls, or moves towards the possibility…
The Québec provincial government is seeking a buyer for Medicago Inc., the producer of the plant-based Covifenz vaccine, which was approved by Health Canada in early 2022 for adults aged…
A Leopard 2A4 tank from Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) travels on the Black Route of the 3rd Canadian Division Support Base Garrison Wainwright Training Centre in preparation for Exercise…
Air Canada Boeing 737-8 Max aircraft parked at the Marana Pinal Airpark, Tucson, Arizona. Photo from Flickr. Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh’s recent statement that increasing competition in Canada’s airline…
The time has come to nationalize healthcare in Canada. The experience of the pandemic so far has provided ample evidence that the provinces are wholly incapable of handling major public…
The time has come to nationalize health care in Canada. The experience of the pandemic has provided ample evidence that the provinces are wholly incapable of handling major public health…
The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism accomplishes the task of clearly identifying antisemitism in such a fashion that it is unlikely to upset anyone, writes Taylor Noakes. Photo by Ted Eytan.…
Thousands of Canadian flags honouring fallen soldiers are planted on the front lawn of the Manulife head office in downtown Toronto. Photo from Flickr. Today across the nation Canadians of…
Should Canadians still pledge their allegiance to the monarch? Photo from iStock. It is not often that I find myself agreeing with Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, whose ethno-nationalist,…
A march from Queen’s Park to Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto to demand action on the 215 children found in unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Residential School, June 2021.…
Soldiers from the Royal Canadian Regiment support provincial government and municipal authorities in relief efforts during Operation LENTUS, Maugerville, New Brunswick, April 22, 2019. Photo by Sergeant Lance Wade/Flickr. It…
Elizabeth II and Prince Charles formally open parliament in 2015. Photo courtesy UK Parliament/Flickr. For all the great things Elizabeth Windsor was supposed to have done in her life, and…
This still image from a video posted to social media shows Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland being verbally accosted as she visits Grande Prairie, Alberta, August 26, 2022. Irrespective of…
“Wonder how long the honeymoon will last?” (1939). Illustration by Clifford Berryman/Washington Star. August 23 is Black Ribbon Day, recognized by the Government of Canada as an official day of…
Ayman al-Zawahiri was the second emir of Al Qaeda from June 16, 2011 until he was killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan in July 2022. Photo by B.K.…
Air Canada Airbus A320-211 at the Ottawa International Airport. Photo by Heads Up Aviation/Flickr. It would be tempting to base an argument in favour of nationalizing Air Canada solely off…
