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Canada’s military renewal ought to be about more than just guns, ships and jets
Lloyd Axworthy/Toronto Star: A dangerous world requires credible defence. But military spending alone will not make Canada safer, more…
May 22, 2026
Why Liberal govt’s Bill C-22 will spark tech exodus out of Canada
Michael Geist/The Hub: The companies aren’t bluffing, and they aren’t misreading the bill. Rather, they are responding to…
May 22, 2026
How Trump and his family keep profiting from his presidency
CBC: Will Ragland, vice-president for research at the Center for American Progress, a Democrat-leaning think-tank in Washington, D.C.,…
May 22, 2026
Carney’s oil policy isn’t political gambit. It’s economic imperative
Tony Keller/The Globe and Mail: The promise of low-carbon oil production is probably a political necessity. Without it,…
May 22, 2026
Bloated CPP Investment Board trounced by its own benchmarks – again
Andrew Coyne/The Globe and Mail: To have spent all this money, more than $55-billion in all since 2007,…
May 22, 2026
Pentagon’s ‘cancellation’ of Canada-U.S. defence board could have ‘ripple effects’ on major procurements, says former co-chair
The Hill Times: ‘It’s a shot across the bow. The U.S. administration has clearly been watching the PM’s moves…
May 21, 2026
Your metadata may be kept for a year under lawful access bill. What to know
Global: While government officials insist the data that would be collected does not include actual online content like…
May 21, 2026
Trump got revenge on his Republican critics. Here’s why that could backfire
CBC: Targeted GOP members now have nothing to lose by thwarting Trump’s agenda in Congress… How Trump’s revenge…
May 21, 2026
Dr. Strangelove diplomacy: How Pentagon’s symbolic defence board freeze with Canada could backfire
Murray Brewster/CBC: “It is self-defeating, just like attacking Iran and not having a plan for the Strait of…
May 21, 2026
Global Affairs numbers show disproportionate level of cuts to staff based overseas
Toronto Star: Data obtained by The Canadian Press also shows an even larger drop in foreign workers hired…
May 20, 2026
It would be unwise for Carney to dismiss U.S. pulling out of defence board
Tasha Kheiriddin/National Post: Like it or not, Canada’s defence is geographically wedded to that of the U.S. And…
May 20, 2026
Canada navigating ‘new reality’ of defence ties with U.S. over year after Carney declared end to ‘old’ bond
The Hill Times: “It’s an evolution. It’s not going to be a dramatic moment,” said University of Ottawa…
May 20, 2026
Bill C-22 reveals troubling trend with Carney govt
Erica Ifill/The Hill Times: Carney’s Liberals have left a lot to be defined through the undemocratic regulatory process.…
May 20, 2026
With its pause on Permanent Joint Board on Defence, U.S. attempting to constrain Canada
Andrew Coyne/The Globe and Mail: What hasn’t been asked enough is: What do we do if the response…
May 20, 2026
John Ivison: Canada’s military isn’t buying into Carney’s ‘buy Canadian’ plan
John Ivison/National Post: But there are emerging signs that, just because a prime minister is keen on something,…
May 19, 2026
When biggest AI data centre comes to your town
The Tyee: “I’m sitting there hearing that one of the largest gas plants in Alberta could be going…
May 19, 2026
More and more Canadians are declaring insolvency, which is kind of perverse good news for Conservatives
The Hill Times: Economic issues might come back to the fore. I know a great many Conservatives who…
May 19, 2026
Inside PM Carney’s hunt for office art — and what he liked the most
National Post: ‘Everyone at the (National Gallery of Canada) highly enjoyed it and it is exciting to talk…
May 19, 2026
Trump admin’s decision to freeze Canada-U.S. defence board is gangland threat uttered through clenched teeth
Allan Woods/Toronto Star: It casts shade on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s growing international spotlight. It minimizes Canada’s recent…
May 19, 2026
Trump gunning for Republican Thomas Massie, who defied him on Epstein files
CBC: Trump has backed a challenger to Massie, urging Republicans to “vote the bum out” and so much…
May 19, 2026