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Donald Trump’s tariffs are backfiring
Posted on May 1, 2025U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariffs on China and other key trading partners are casting a shadow over the global energy market, driving down oil… Read More »
Anti-vax conspiracies fuel Canada’s measles crisis
Posted on April 24, 2025Falling vaccination rates and political silence are fuelling Canada’s growing measles outbreak. Measles, declared eradicated in Canada in 1998, is making a big comeback in… Read More »
Plan to label Trump critics as mentally ill echoes authoritarian regimes
Posted on April 10, 2025In March 2025, New York psychiatrist Dr. Leon Hoffman wrote a letter to The Guardian reporting that the Minnesota legislature had requested the psychiatric community recognize a… Read More »
Poilievre’s path to power just got harder with Carney in the race
Posted on March 27, 2025Overheard in the backrooms of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s campaign team: “Carney? Crap!” “Relax, Jenni. We’ve got plenty of fodder to work with.” Those folks… Read More »
Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico will backfire
Posted on March 13, 2025Make America Great Again. That is what U.S. President Donald Trump and his supporters hope and expect. The slogan suggests a return to a supposedly… Read More »
Trump’s new world order demands a Canada First foreign policy
Posted on March 6, 2025Only a month into his presidency, U.S. President Donald Trump has been overturning foreign policy tables everywhere, offering dramatic glimpses of a potential new global… Read More »
Trump’s tariffs and sanctions fuel global oil market chaos
Posted on February 27, 2025Proposed U.S. tariffs on Canadian crude—part of Donald Trump’s push for protectionist trade policies—are raising alarm on both sides of the border. Set for March… Read More »
Canada must resist the lure of protectionism, even as U.S. tariffs loom
Posted on February 20, 2025The United States has delayed its 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods for 30 days, giving Ottawa a brief window to assess its economic… Read More »
Will Pierre Poilievre deliver the leadership Canada needs?
Posted on February 6, 2025Recent news coverage in Canada has been dominated by speculation over who will replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party. It’s… Read More »
CBC’s Online News Act millions should go to community newspapers instead
Posted on January 30, 2025Last week, Brodie Fenlon, general manager and editor-in-chief of CBC News, announced that his organization plans to hire up to 30 local journalists in “underserved communities” with… Read More »