Much of the world is still trying to figure out what the consequences will be from Mark Carney’s speech in Davos, Switzerland. The prime minister won plaudits for daring to call out the behaviour of the world’s superpowers, particularly, President Donald Trump and the United States, although in neither case, by name. Janice Stein, the…
Betrayal. Ambition. Intrigue. The upcoming byelection will have far-reaching implications
A new group wants to ban all advertising of online gambling. Don’t bet on it happening anytime soon.
Margaret MacMillan is one of Canada’s greatest historians. She’s taught at the University of Toronto and at Oxford, has written a dozen books, and was even sanctioned by Russia, a country she’d like to visit but now can’t. She is also unhappy to report that this moment in history reminds her of some of the…
The Liberals were once a rural rump with almost no presence Ontario cities. Led by Stuart Smith, they began the modernization that eventually brought them into power
The last two leaders were experienced politicos. But there’s at least an outside chance members may be ready for something different.
For the first time since 1978, when he was first elected to Parliament, Bob Rae now finds himself without a so-called “important job.” His term as Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations just ended. Now, Ontario’s 21st premier and former interim leader of the federal Liberals is just Citizen Bob. Let’s deal right away with the United…
Sixty-four years ago this weekend, one of Ontario’s longest-living MPPs was elected for the first time, amid tragedy.
For decades, Jim Balsillie was best known as the co-CEO of Research in Motion, makers of the Blackberry, and someone who almost brought another NHL team to Canada. But in recent years, he’s turned his attention to trying to get decision-makers to embrace a new destiny for Canada, one in which we focus less on…
Happy New Year? If you say so, I guess. Now that the first quarter of the 21st century is over, it seems a reasonable time to take stock of how we’re doing as a country in Canada, as a group of democracies in the West, and as a world in general. And on all three…