In Gardeners vs. Designers, I argue that Canada is a great and rare country that’s a magnet for people from all over the world, a perspective that runs counter…
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Today my friends at the National Post published a long extract from Gadeners vs Designers on What Makes Canada Great. Good timing because today was the official release of the…
With the official release of the new book only days away, my friends at the Globe kindly asked me to write a long op-ed outlining the relevance of the book…
Well over one hundred China experts and senior political figures have signed an open letter describing the Chinese Communist Party government’s cover up of COVID-19 as “China’s Chernobyl moment.” The…
The election of Donald Trump and the rise of populism in various other Western democracies is a salutary warning to Canadian policy-makers. As we are beginning to see with the…
The disparity in economic power between Canada and China has led some observers to comment that “we need China – and China doesn’t need us” or that we were only…
Canadian officials would be wise to understand the extent to which the President’s actions reflect a purposeful recalibration of postwar international arrangements. The point isn’t to condone or condemn the…
Current tensions in the Middle East highlight once again the appeal of our energy supply as a reliable alternative for states in the Indo-Pacific. Amidst this geostrategic tension in the…
Alarmed at the erosion in public confidence in the immigration system that their own complaisance and complacency helped engender, Ottawa is now trying to project an image of stern defender…
Prosecutorial independence goes to the heart of the “Lavscam” scandal currently embroiling the Liberal government in Ottawa. Everyone knows by now that this dispute has seen former Justice Minister and…