After record-breaking drug busts across Canada, Ottawa finally commits billions to border security but only after U.S. tariff threats U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats have finally dragged Canada into dealing with its drug trafficking problem. It’s...
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Energy Policy in a Post-Trudeau Canada Paper
Interprovincial collaboration - Counteracting Eight years of opposition to oil and gas It's not easy to consider Canadian energy policy post-Trudeau after a little over eight years of a federal government that enacted policies that were punishing to the oil and...
Canada Needs a COVID-19 Reckoning
What we can learn from the U.S. report The U.S. House of Representatives did what Canada should but likely won’t. The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Committee on Oversight and Accountability made a full after-action report on the COVID-19...
Canada’s Drug Policies are Failing
It’s no secret that Canada’s drug policies have been an abysmal failure. In fact, we’re doing so badly that U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening 25% tariffs on all Canadian goods unless we can secure our border to stem the flow of deadly fentanyl from...
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Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-care Solutions
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
Manitoba’s Reckless Teacher Certification Reform is Dumbing Down Classrooms
Would you let a doctor skip anatomy? Then why is Manitoba letting teachers skip subject expertise? Imagine that a young man we’ll call Jerry wants to become a high school physics teacher. So, Jerry applies to a Bachelor of Education program at a Manitoba...
A Bold New Vision for 24 Sussex Drive
Watch on Video - A Bold New Vision for 24 Sussex Drive According to the National Capital Commission, the official residence of the Prime Minister of Canada, 24 Sussex Drive, is in a disastrously uninhabitable condition and is symbolic of our general national...
What if Alberta Said Goodbye to Canada?
Trudeau: “They should also put their country first, as every single premier — except Danielle Smith — did.” Smith: “His Dad crushed the lives of thousands in our province…we won’t let his son do it to our people again. Never.” What if the unthinkable...
Talking About Mental Health Means Talking About Access to Care
Bell Canada is again using January to raise awareness of issues surrounding Canadians’ mental health. For the past 15 years, the media giant has faithfully produced a “Let’s Talk …” campaign to encourage Canadians to move beyond the “stigma” of mental illness...
Divisive Policies and Weak Leadership are Tearing Canada Apart
Canada faces a national identity crisis. Unity, rooted in shared values, is the key to a strong and independent nation National unity—built on shared ethics and values—is the cornerstone of a strong and independent Canada. Without unity, a nation risks...
U.S. Tariffs Highlight Manitoba’s Need for a Northern Trade Corridor
Talk about incoming U.S. tariffs has renewed thoughtful consideration about Manitoba to develop the province’s northern ports. Most commentators and provincial politicians have promoted the port at Churchill as a logical point for diversifying Manitoba’s trade...
Canada Can’t Afford to Play Trade Chicken With the US
An oilsands upgrading plant in Fort McMurray, Alta., in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Jason Franson Ottawa must resist calls for reckless trade retaliation that would cripple key industries and deepen regional divisions Calls for Canada to respond aggressively to...
A Welcome End to Emission Limits is Possible in 2025
The federal and two provincial governments (Quebec and British Columbia) are preoccupied with climate change. They aim to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, principally carbon dioxide (CO2), to limit future global warming. What if this goal is not only...
Liberal Party’s Existential Crisis is a National Risk
Many sources confirm that Canada has serious security problems that hostile powers exploit extensively. The Canada-is-back naïveté animating the decaying Trudeau regime led to open borders and infiltration of foreign operatives inside key Canadian institutions,...