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The Carney government’s proposed labour law reforms target a serious problem: the increase in disruptions to critical industries such as airlines, ports and railways. Ottawa is taking heat from labour advocates, but the changes are a sensible measure to rebalance the interests of federally regulated employers, employees, and the public. In recent years, Canada has seen an upsurge in labour...
For two decades, Canada pursued a values-based foreign policy, although the values pursued by Liberal and Conservative governments were very different. Today, Canada is pursuing a more hardnosed foreign policy that puts Canada’s national interests front and centre. Putting Canada first, so to speak, has proved to be a far better approach. Of course, values and interests have always comingled...
No one need shed a single tear for Nicolás Maduro, a ruthless dictator who extinguished Venezuela’s democracy and set its economy into a death spiral. His sins are many: stolen elections, numerous alleged crimes against humanity, and more than a decade of exploitation of what once was and should still be a prosperous country. And of course, the Trump administration...
Justin Trudeau is reportedly taking the Christmas holidays to ponder his future after his decision to fire his finance minister in a Zoom call this month blew up in his face. Chrystia Freeland outmanoeuvred her boss by quitting before he could announce her decruitment, setting the government adrift and provoking open calls from Liberal MPs for him to resign.
Coming soon to a screen near you: Ottawa’s new streaming tax. To be sure, that is not the Liberals’ preferred nomenclature for the levy of 5 per cent of Canadian revenues that large foreign video and music streaming platforms will have to pay starting this September. Instead, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, or CRTC, calls it a “contribution,” as...
At some point in the life of the official opposition in the House of Commons, the party – and especially its leader – need to start auditioning for the role of government. A good time to do that is when you’re leading by miles in the polls and an election could come any time in the next two years. And...