Erin O'Toole

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There Was a Time Canada Really Did Build, Baby, Build

There Was a Time Canada Really Did Build, Baby, Build

WHEN I WALKED into the cabinet room in the Centre Block of Parliament for my first cabinet meeting in 2015, I remember feeling a mixed sense of excitement and trepidation. This moment was the culmination of several years of hard work for me as the member of Parliament for Durham, but it was also the result of several decades of...

Goodbye to 2023, Part 1

Goodbye to 2023, Part 1

I started my Substack account a year ago to be part of longer-form discussions of serious issues facing Canada at a time when the rise of social media and decline in traditional media have combined to shorten attention spans and reduce serious coverage of the issues. I was inspired by the great work done by many people on this platform...

Goodbye to 2023, Part 1

Goodbye to 2023, Part 1

I started my Substack account a year ago to be part of longer-form discussions of serious issues facing Canada at a time when the rise of social media and decline in traditional media have combined to shorten attention spans and reduce serious coverage of the issues. I was inspired by the great work done by many people on this platform...

Goodbye to 2023, Part 2

Goodbye to 2023, Part 2

I ended 2022 with a series of essays on issues that I thought were important to follow throughout the new year. They were not really put forward as ‘predictions for the new year’, but were issues that I personally believed were worth highlighting so Canadians could understand why I thought they mattered. Before I outline the issues that I think...

Goodbye to 2023, Part 2

Goodbye to 2023, Part 2

I ended 2022 with a series of essays on issues that I thought were important to follow throughout the new year. They were not really put forward as ‘predictions for the new year’, but were issues that I personally believed were worth highlighting so Canadians could understand why I thought they mattered. Before I outline the issues that I think...

Swiss Air Flight 111 - 25 Years Later

Swiss Air Flight 111 - 25 Years Later

A Legacy of Understanding the Impact of Trauma