Finding a silver lining in the current trade war between Canada and the U.S. is not easy. But there may be an unexpected one and it is none too soon for Canada’s strained health-care system.   Put simply, Canada does not have enough family doctors. A recent report from Health Canada estimated that not only were […]

After his historic win of a third majority government, Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s unveiling of his new cabinet was a bit anti-climatic.  The ceremony took place at the Royal Ontario Museum – among the dinosaur exhibits several media pundits enjoyed pointing out.  The resulting cabinet team was largely more of the same (large being the […]

It’s time for us to grow up, to be the serious and successful country that our founding forefathers knew we could be. Pictured: Mark Carney. Photo Credit: Mark Carney/X.  “Well, they look like normal people.” Such was the thought that sprung to mind while watching Republican politicians, vehemently clapping and cheering during President Donald Trump’s […]

The TDSB is wrong to rename schools and judge historical figures by today’s woke standards. Pictured: Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute. Photo Credit: Wikipedia.  Given all the issues on their plate – budget mismanagement; deteriorating schools, poor student results, accusations of growing antisemitism within the system – one would think that Toronto District School […]

It will take national and provincial politicians to set aside partisan and regional differences to make freer internal trade happen. Pictured: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X.  It would be almost funny, if it wasn’t so serious. After years of Canadian economists and business leaders pleading for the removal of interprovincial trade barriers […]

The Ford government is on the right track when it comes to tackling antisemitism. Pictured: Ontario Education Minister Jill Dunlop. Photo Credit: Jill Dunlop/X.  Lost in the flurry of political news here at home this week was a disturbing news item.   On Monday, the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the notorious Nazi death camp […]

Facing down the bully this time will take a clear-eyed assessment of the cards we do have to play. Pictured: President-elect Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X.  Enough already of the social media tit-for-tat between President-elect Donald Trump, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney. […]

Freeland’s resignation shows incompetent leadership from Trudeau. Pictured: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X.  Has there ever been a more incompetent government in Ottawa? Yesterday’s bombshell announcement that former finance minister Christine Freeland quit cabinet on the day she was supposed to table the long-delayed fall economic statement is virtually unprecedented.  And what […]

Crombie and her team will be wise not to underestimate the Ford. Pictured: Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie. Photo Credit: Bonnie Crombie/X.  An important lesson for career advancement is to know what you don’t know, particularly if you get promoted into a new job. The skill set that got you the new post is no […]

Faulty data and biased sampling used by city officials to justify their case has hurt their credibility. Pictured: Toronto City Hall. Photo Credit: iStock.  If one is looking for the definition of a “woke” approach to public policy, look no further than Toronto City Council’s obsession over bike lanes.  It doesn’t matter that public opinion, […]