Editorial

Anti-vax conspiracies fuel Canada’s measles crisis

Posted on April 24, 2025

Falling 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, 2025

In 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, 2025

Overheard 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, 2025

Make 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, 2025

Only 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, 2025

Proposed 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, 2025

The 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, 2025

Recent 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, 2025

Last 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 »

Both Trudeaus lingered too long

Posted on January 16, 2025

Beyond the obvious biological relationship of father and son, you can find commonalities between Pierre and Justin Trudeau. They were both charismatic to the point… Read More »

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