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Ian Lee: This is Trump’s plan for global economic domination

During the past several weeks, federal cabinet ministers have claimed that we did not know what United States President Donald Trump wants to accomplish by threatening Canada with tariffs. Some pundits have claimed that the president of the U.S. has no substantial understanding of what impact these tariffs will have, and that they are some sort of a vanity project. Read More

Christine Van Geyn: Court ruling condemning use of Emergencies Act must be upheld

The Federal Court of Appeal is hearing a once-in-a-generation civil liberties case Feb. 4 and 5 — the appeal in the legal challenge to the Emergencies Act. This is the appeal of a landmark decision of the federal court from January 2024. In that lower court decision, Justice Richard Mosley sided with the legal charity, the Canadian Constitution Foundation, which had challenged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s invocation of that extraordinary legislation in response to the 2022 Freedom Convoy. Read More

Katherine Brodsky: It’s time for Canada to make new friends

What does it mean to be Canadian? Is it honouring our maple syrup? Knowing more French than the average English speaker? A dedication to ketchup chips? An above-average passion for hockey? A dedication to defending our (troubled, but universal) healthcare system? Being able to list off all the Canadian actors that made it big in Hollywood? Apologizing when other people step on your foot? Or perhaps we define it simply as “not American.” Read More

Neil Sharma: This is what Poilievre’s Canada First movement should look like 

Synonymous with “Make America Great Again” is “America First,” which proved much more than a campaign-trail rallying cry ahead of President's Donald Trump's election. In Canada, there’s nary a doubt Tory leader Pierre Poilievre, who smells blood in the water, is trying to capture the same energy with his recent casual use of “Canada first.” Read More

Now in his 70s, he can still recall, all these years later, the night they beat Bobby Orr

In the waning days of the pandemic, sportswriter Ronnie Shuker stuffed his skates, sticks, and backpack into his faithful automobile Gumpy (named for legendary goaltender Gumpy Worsley) and set off on a 30,000-mile, coast-to-coast-to-coast investigation of the many ways hockey touches the lives of Canadians. In The Country and the Game: 30,000 Miles of Hockey Stories (Sutherland House Books), he captures the stories of legends such as Bobby Orr, Wayne Gretzky, and Gordie Howe while spotlighting the unsung heroes and hidden corners that embody the heart of the sport. These excerpts from the book reveal just a few of the moments — from small-town rivalries to literary reflections — that underscore why hockey isn’t just Canada’s game, but our cultural backbone. Read More

George Monastiriakos: Trump’s bully tactics are coming for auto and dairy sectors next

Canada is facing its biggest economic challenge in decades. President Donald Trump’s administration has threatened to impose tariffs of 25 per cent on Canadian exports to the United States on Feb. 1, with another round possibly coming on April 1. This would slowly cripple Canada’s economy, raise the cost of virtually everything for Canadian families and put thousands of jobs at risk. Read More
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