The bane of any business community is uncertainty, and Canadian businesses have a great deal of uncertainty to deal with these days. Some of the uncertainty is unavoidable as we have no control over such things as global disputes in the Middle East and Ukraine, which nevertheless affect us greatly. There are other sources of […]
Canada is not just in a “technical recession.” It’s a real one according to the traditional definition used for decades. And the debate should not be on what Canada’s economic malaise should be called, but rather what policy makers are going to do about it. It is astonishing how every media outlet has called Canada’s […]
Amidst Premier Danielle Smith’s decision to hold a referendum about holding a referendum, many in Central Canada have once again betrayed their understanding of Alberta’s alienation and diminished their concerns like a parent would a child. Some of our leaders have held their fire and used words carefully. Prime Minister Mark Carney, fresh off signing […]
Nations are bound together through common experience, national symbols, a shared history, values and expectations. And it is part of a government’s job to find ways to unite its people around such items, especially in uncertain times. Unfortunately, our federal government has missed an opportunity to do so at a critical time in our nation’s […]
Last week, Canada’s defence industry was on full display at CANSEC, the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries trade show. CANSEC is Canada’s largest defence event and brings together government officials, foreign dignitaries, military leaders, and the private sector into one space. This year’s event was different. Not only in crowd size, with around […]
The Canada Pension Plan is an essential part of retirement income for the vast majority of Canadians. Yet most Canadians are not aware of the many changes that have taken place since the CPP was first created in 1965. For the first few decades of its existence, the CPP was a very boring pension plan […]
Prime Minister Mark Carney spent the week avoiding questions about the Canada-China memorandum of understanding (MOU) on policing. Against the backdrop of China’s foreign minister Wang Yi’s Ottawa visit, the confidentiality of the joint deal between the RCMP and China’s Ministry of Public Security was brought into sharp focus. Upon initial questioning, Carney nonchalantly walked […]
Trade negotiations between Canada and the United States have been at an impasse for months. Instead of trying to bridge that divide, Carney government bureaucrats recently made a decision that threatens to derail negotiations even further. Last week, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced plans to triple the tax that online streaming giants […]
Last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney released Canada’s new National Electricity Strategy. His plans come at a moment when the country is being forced to think more seriously about power. Not just how much electricity we produce, but whether we can build enough of it, move it across the country, and do it quickly enough […]
Since U.S. President Trump’s re-election in late 2024, and his imposition of tariffs on Canadian products, there has been a frenzy of “Buy Canadian” sentiment in Canada. One would hope that Canadians would always attempt to buy goods made in their own country, but it seems it took their intense dislike for a U.S. President […]