James Moore

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Marc Garneau was my opposition critic, and a special kind of leader

Marc Garneau was my opposition critic, and a special kind of leader

Canada, and the world, lost the Honourable Marc Garneau this week. He was a truly great Canadian in every sense of the word. In the coming days much will be said about his achievements and legacy, and it will be a challenge to sufficiently summarize a life so well lived. With that said, I offer here a story about the...

Carney’s ambition to aim high and be a nation builder is a welcome departure from Trudeau

Carney’s ambition to aim high and be a nation builder is a welcome departure from Trudeau

James Moore is a former federal cabinet minister under prime minister Stephen Harper, and a columnist for CTVNews.ca. Perhaps the three most important words spoken by Prime Minister Carney during the campaign came after all the ballots had been cast and the results were known. During his victory speech on election night in Ottawa he said to Canadians: “Build, baby...

Leaders’ debates have come to mean less and less

Leaders’ debates have come to mean less and less

Do leaders’ debates matter? Will these coming debates matter? Yes, but no. First, Canadians should watch the debates with an open mind and keen eye for sincerity of presentation, signs of depth and credibility, and try to decide which of these candidates has the strength and substance to sit across from Donald Trump in the chair occupied not long ago...

5 reasons Canada should keep calm and carry on amid Trump tariff chaos

5 reasons Canada should keep calm and carry on amid Trump tariff chaos

In late June 1939, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Information produced three posters to boost domestic morale and focus the public anxiety about the war around them and the anticipated coming invasion. One poster read “Freedom is In Peril / Defend It With All Your Might.” A second poster read “Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness, Your Resolution Will Bring Us Victory.”

Internal free trade is crucial for Canada, but tricky. Here’s how to get it done.

Internal free trade is crucial for Canada, but tricky. Here’s how to get it done.

As is appropriate, election campaigns are about differences and divisions. Wedging your opponents against the voting cohorts they are seeking, pointing out their flaws and inadequacies, and dragging them into policy fights that are accretive to you politically with the groups of voters you aspire mobilize. That is politics; that is campaigning. Wading past the torqued divisions, however, lay a...