Category: Viewpoint

Viewpoint

Ottawa’s multi-billion food strategy comes with an asterisk

by Sylvain Charlebois | Nov 12, 2026

Ottawa is touting a $3.2-billion food strategy without clearly revealing how the money will be spent or what taxpayers will ultimately pay

Indian Act reform must give First Nations full land ownership

by Joseph Quesnel | Nov 12, 2026
Remembrance Day demands more than gratitude

by David Redman | Nov 11, 2026
Canada’s health care system is making us sicker

by Susan Martinuk | Nov 10, 2026
60 Minutes’s Ross Douthat’s master class in interviewing Trump

by Michael Taube | Nov 10, 2026
Patient care in Saskatchewan takes a back seat to union turf

by Lee Harding | Nov 9, 2026

Falling oil prices could undermine Ottawa’s 2026 budget

by Rashid Husain Syed

Ottawa has committed billions to new spending without showing whether its finances could withstand a prolonged collapse in oil prices

Ottawa must stop Alberta’s two-tier health care

by Andrew Longhurst

Bill 11 threatens to make access to necessary medical treatment depend on patients’ ability to pay

Canada is caught in a very expensive oil trap

by Rashid Husain Syed

Our reliance on a single market is bleeding billions from the Canadian economy

Defending your home shouldn’t turn you into a criminal

by Joseph Quesnel

The law should protect Canadians who defend their families, not leave them facing prosecution

Defending your home shouldn’t turn you into a criminal

by Joseph Quesnel

The law should protect Canadians who defend their families, not leave them facing prosecution

Hackers turned up the heat on Europe’s grocers. Is Canada ready?

by Sylvain Charlebois

Suspected cyberattacks left European grocers throwing out tonnes of food. Canada’s food industry should take the warning seriously

Canadians are leery of AI data centres. They should be

by Simon Enoch

Canada is repeating America’s mistakes and leaving communities to pay the price for an unregulated AI data centre boom

Canadians are leery of AI data centres. They should be

by Simon Enoch

Canada is repeating America’s mistakes and leaving communities to pay the price for an unregulated AI data centre boom

Canadians are leery of AI data centres. They should be

by Simon Enoch

Canada is repeating America’s mistakes and leaving communities to pay the price for an unregulated AI data centre boom

Ottawa has its investment priorities backwards

by Harry Margulies

Canadians bought $133.8 billion in foreign securities last year. Maybe Ottawa should give them a reason to invest at home before chasing foreign money

Wab Kinew wants the Indian Act gone. Here’s how Ottawa can do it

by Marco Navarro-Genie

The challenge isn’t just abolishing the Indian Act. It’s replacing its protections without leaving First Nations exposed.

A divided Congress could keep Trump in the game

by Michael Taube

A Democratic victory in the House wouldn’t be enough to strip Trump of his political power