Sharan Kaur

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No, Canada didn’t ‘bow to the bros’ — it grew up

No, Canada didn’t ‘bow to the bros’ — it grew up

Let’s set the record straight: Mark Carney is not Justin Trudeau; and that is a good thing. The continued fixation of former Trudeau-era loyalists in insisting that Carney is pandering to the ‘bros’ because of his “rejection” of the word ‘feminist’ in Canada’s foreign policy reeks of nostalgia for a government that often mistook optics for substance. It’s time for...

Inside the Conservative Party’s culture of fear

Inside the Conservative Party’s culture of fear

Canadian politics has never been for the faint of heart. Every party has its fractures, leadership wars, and moments of chaos. But what’s happening inside the Conservative Party under Pierre Poilievre isn’t normal turbulence. It’s institutional decay disguised as discipline. Let’s be clear: what’s unfolding inside the halls of Ottawa isn’t strategy — it’s rot. When an MP from Atlantic...

It’s Time to Grow Up About the Skills Development Fund
What Poilievre’s accusations against Trudeau, RCMP reveal about his leadership

What Poilievre’s accusations against Trudeau, RCMP reveal about his leadership

In a shocking spectacle of political theater, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has unleashed a torrent of explosive accusations against the RCMP, alleging collusion to cover up scandals from the Trudeau era that he claims should have led to criminal charges. This incendiary rhetoric is sending shockwaves through the moderate conservative ranks and raises a critical question for the CPC: Is...

Canada must evolve from digital colony to digital nation

Canada must evolve from digital colony to digital nation

For the past two decades, Canada has been a polite bystander in the global digital economy. We have allowed foreign technology companies to build empires on our soil, extracting value from our intellectual property and our data, while giving little back beyond sales offices and public relations campaigns. We have signed trade deals that tied our own hands, applauded when...

Poilievre scapegoating temporary foreign workers won’t solve Canada’s youth unemployment

Poilievre scapegoating temporary foreign workers won’t solve Canada’s youth unemployment

Pierre Poilievre recently proposed cancelling Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program. Why? His rationale: Young Canadians are struggling to find stable employment, and their chances are being further compromised by the ongoing influx of foreign workers. It’s a clear-cut attempt to swing more youthful voters to the Conservative Party, pick up secondary support from the friends and family members of...

Carney cannot simply inherit Trudeau’s playbook. He needs to write his own.

Carney cannot simply inherit Trudeau’s playbook. He needs to write his own.

Mark Carney takes office in a world that looks nothing like the one Justin Trudeau governed in. The Trudeau era, for all its ambitions, was rooted in the politics of the 2010s: climate-first mandates, progressive policy, and a deep faith in multilateralism. But in 2025, the global stage has shifted. Tariffs are back, industrial policy is in vogue, and economic...

Critics of forest fire restrictions can’t see the truth for the burning trees

Critics of forest fire restrictions can’t see the truth for the burning trees

Wildfires are currently raging across Canada, from the Pacific shores of Vancouver Island to the eastern expanses of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. So stark is the threat in Atlantic Canada that governments there have temporarily banned many outdoor activities due to the heightened risk — prompting some to claim this represents an encroachment on Canadians’ freedom.

Navigating Nuance: Carney’s Bold Diplomatic Shift at the G7
Violence around the world is doing more than only upending lives in the present

Violence around the world is doing more than only upending lives in the present

The recent escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan struck a deep chord within me. The history of that region casts a long shadow over the identities that intertwine both nations. As violence erupted in Kashmir and leaders exchanged incendiary rhetoric, I was reminded of the harrowing legacy of Partition, when the subcontinent was divided into India and Pakistan. It...

I witnessed the toxicity of Trudeau's PMO firsthand

I witnessed the toxicity of Trudeau's PMO firsthand

Monday morning began with truly shocking news, and what may be the final nail in the Liberal coffin: the resignation of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland as deputy prime minister and minister of finance. It is eerily similar to certain previous resignations and shows an ongoing pattern of disrespect for cabinet ministers (and women) within the current Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)...