Vue lecture
Nigel Biggar: The narcissism of anti-colonialism
Throughout the English-speaking world elites are falling over themselves to believe the very worst of their own countries. Read More
Janice MacKinnon: Carney repackages Trudeau’s climate plan, hopes we won’t notice
Mark Carney portrays himself as a political outsider and Liberal leadership candidate who represents change. One of his few policy proposals is to replace the consumer carbon tax with a complex regulatory scheme that will result in a higher industrial carbon tax on big emitters and subsidies for consumer purchases of environmentally friendly products. Further he will place tariffs on products from countries with weak carbon policies as well as tighten financial regulations that will make it more difficult for big emitters to raise capital. Canadian taxpayers will not be better off since companies will pass on their increased costs to consumers, who will lose the consumer carbon tax rebates, and only prosperous Canadians will be able to take advantage of subsidies for products like electric cars. Read More
This lawyer’s not just battling prorogation. He’s battling ‘corrupt’ Justin Trudeau
Liberals are magicians. Through sleights of hand and by proroguing Parliament, the Liberals could yet win another election with a new leader. Read More
How Atlantic Canada came to rule the slimy, slippery, squirmy big business of baby eels
During his lifetime, Philip Holland was known as a dedicated Crown prosecutor who put the bad guys behind bars. Read More
Lawrence Krauss: Land acknowledgements often ignore history
I remember the first time I heard a statement at a public event along the lines of, “This building is located on traditional unceded Aboriginal land.” It was in Australia, and it struck me as disingenuous, simplistic and patronizing. If the people making this statement really felt that badly about the land they (and possibly their forebearers) lived and worked on for generations and ostensibly stole, then they would reasonably choose to give the land back along with all they had built upon it. Read More
Michael Murphy: Germans turn sharply right in mass migration election
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germany reunified for a few brief decades, only to find itself partitioned once again. This time, not by barbed wire and concrete, but by three small words: “Wir schaffen das!” (We can do this!). Read More
Stephen Harper: The preservation of Canada’s existence must be our highest objective
I am frequently asked what to make of President Trump’s intentions towards Canada and what we are to do about them. On the former, I do not know, and I suspect there is no way of really knowing. On the latter, however, Canada must have a plan. Read More
It was supposed to be a game that didn’t matter. Except it does to us
Most Canadians have grown up only being told of the glory of the Summit Series. Read More