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2026
Solving Canada’s competitiveness problem and attracting investment: Jerome Gessaroli and Peter Copeland for Inside Policy Talksoriginal ↗
2 Oct 2026
Carney’s foreign policy idealism: Alexander Lanoszka, Richard Shimooka, and Balkan Devlen in iPoliticsoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2026
1 Oct 2026
Why Canada’s Energy Wealth Keeps Getting Stuck in the Ground: Brian Lee Crowley and Bryan Gould on Forum Dialogueoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2026
Indigenous nations have a responsibility to Canada in this trade war: Karen Restoule in The Hill Timesoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2026
Canada’s inability to honestly discuss residential schools has failed the Indigenous children we lost: Karen Restoule in The Huboriginal ↗
30 Sept 2026
Yes, government cuts to fuel taxes really do lower your price at the pump: Trevor Tombe in The Huboriginal ↗
30 Sept 2026
Reconciliation through opportunity – Building a better path forward: Karen Restoule for Inside Policyoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2026
Defending the high ground – Why Canada urgently needs a military space strategy to protect the Arctic: Joe Varner for Inside Policyoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2026
29 Sept 2026
Canada’s economic Achilles’ heel is its regulations. The Building Canada Strong Act may change that: Heather Exner-Pirot and Michael Gullo in The Huboriginal ↗
28 Sept 2026
28 Sept 2026
The Carney government’s labour reform is a step in the right direction: Peter Copeland in The Huboriginal ↗
25 Sept 2026
Carney is talking big about taking defence seriously. Don’t get your hopes up: Richard Shimooka in The Huboriginal ↗
25 Sept 2026
25 Sept 2026
25 Sept 2026
24 Sept 2026
Canadians must not shrug off yet another violent attack on our Jewish neighbours: Andrew Bennett in The Huboriginal ↗
23 Sept 2026
Alberta, Conservatism and Canada’s future: Danielle Smith and Brian Lee Crowley on The News Forumoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2026
Built-in Barriers — Incentives alone won’t solve Canada’s housing crisis: Anthony De Luca-Barattaoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2026
21 Sept 2026
Don’t denigrate academics for telling the truth about DEI: Peter MacKinnon in the National Postoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2026
Canada must confront the Kremlin’s agents at home: Stanley Kutcher and Marcus Kolga in the National Postoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2026
The ‘mega productivity’ tax deduction — good intentions, wrong policy: Jack Mintz in the Financial Postoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2026
Surprise! British Columbia is now a major energy player: Philip Cross in the Financial Postoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2026
Canada reopened military talks with China. Why did Beijing tell the story first?: Stephen Nagy in The Hamilton Spectatororiginal ↗
18 Sept 2026
How judges became policymakers: Peter Copeland, Mark Mancini, and Asher Honickman on Inside Policy Talksoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2026
From bawdy houses to bike lanes – The legacy of B.C. Motor Vehicles: Asher Honickman and Mark Mancinioriginal ↗
17 Sept 2026
Trump’s trade war is no excuse for Canada’s economic stagnation: Philip Cross for Inside Policyoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2026
Expanded trade agreements are meaningless without removing port constraints: Stuart J. Smyth for Inside Policyoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2026
How worried should Canada be about Trump’s U.S.-Venezuela oil deal?: Heather Exner-Pirot in The Huboriginal ↗
15 Sept 2026
Canada’s “keep paddling” tariff-war strategy—a useful myth, but not a plan: Mark Musselman for Inside Policyoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2026
Racism accusations can’t stifle the truth about diversity: Christopher Dummitt in the National Postoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2026
Twenty-five years after Sept. 11 attacks, Maureen Basnicki is still waiting for Canada to recognize her as a victim: Sarah Teich in the Toronto Staroriginal ↗
11 Sept 2026
Trump’s consideration of pathway for Canadian Jews fleeing hate shames us all: Andrew Bennett in the National Postoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2026
Making the case for the common good: Peter Copeland and Étienne-Alexandre Beauregard on Inside Policy Talksoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2026
Rethinking cloud sovereignty – Canada doesn’t need to own the cloud — it needs to control it: Lawrence Zhangoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2026
Canada’s peace plan should account for all the refugees: David Matas and Sarah Teich for Inside Policyoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2026
9 Sept 2026
Victims of transnational repression need targeted support: Sheryl Saperia and Sarah Teich in Canadian Affairsoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2026
Wake up Canada! Trade diversification comes with a heavy economic cost: Jack Mintz in the Financial Postoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2026
4 Sept 2026
Geography trumps geopolitics — Canada cannot play Beijing off Washington: Khanh Vu Duc in the Western Standardoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2026
How diversity requirements reduced productivity for Canada’s research chairs: Peter Copeland and Eric Kaufmann on Inside Policy Talksoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2026
3 Sept 2026
Beyond condemnation — Enforcing Canada’s laws against antisemitism, hate speech, and support for terrorism: Peter Copeland, Sheryl Saperia, and Mark Sandleroriginal ↗
3 Sept 2026
A $4 billion hit – What Carney’s tariff retaliation could cost Canadian consumers: Trevor Tombe in The Huboriginal ↗
2 Sept 2026
A trade treaty with the US isn’t much of a threat to Canada’s ‘sovereignty’: David Collins in City Law Forumoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2026
How Trump kneecapped his own China policy with a 50% tariff on Canada: Anthony De Luca-Baratta in the Washington Examineroriginal ↗
2 Sept 2026
It costs Canada millions to discriminate against white male academics: Eric Kaufmann in the National Postoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2026
1 Sept 2026
1 Sept 2026
1 Sept 2026
Canada cannot sit out Trump’s “economic D-Day” on Iran: Avideh Motmaen-Far for Inside Policyoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2026
Local journalism is going extinct in Canada—so what’s the solution?: Peter Menzies in The Huboriginal ↗
31 Aug 2026
31 Aug 2026
31 Aug 2026
31 Aug 2026
Canada’s online citizenship test – A troubling rise in pass rates: Andrew Griffith for Inside Policyoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2026
27 Aug 2026
U.S. trade deal dead until Canada stops being the ‘Ugly Ally’: Stephen Nagy in the National Postoriginal ↗
27 Aug 2026
An independent Alberta would have no legal way to force a pipeline through BC: Rob Huebert for Inside Policyoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2026
This would be the absolute worst time for export taxes: Heather Exner-Pirot in the National Postoriginal ↗
25 Aug 2026
Which American goods should Carney tariff? Breaking down Canada’s retaliation trilemma: Trevor Tombe in The Huboriginal ↗
25 Aug 2026
China is weaponizing the Canada–US trade rift to divide North America: Stephen Nagy for Inside Policyoriginal ↗
25 Aug 2026
We revived a moribund economy before. We can do it again: Philip Cross in the Financial Postoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2026
24 Aug 2026
24 Aug 2026
Canada plays with a weak hand against Trump. Ottawa’s making it worse: Jerome Gessaroli in The Globe and Mailoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2026
Canada’s dairy industry in decline: Peter Copeland and Sylvain Charlebois on Inside Policy Talksoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2026
China is fuelling Canada’s fentanyl crisis. Is it hybrid warfare?: Nirvan Bose for Inside Policyoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2026
What’s at stake in the Canada-U.S. trade deal? How looming tariffs could cost Canada 90,000 jobs: Trevor Tombe in The Huboriginal ↗
21 Aug 2026
The UNHCR is goading the U.S. into pulling its funding – and putting itself in existential risk: Michael Barutciski in The Globe and Mailoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2026
Canada already has enough trained troops to fill the Reserves — but we let them just walk away: J.L. Granatstein for Inside Policyoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2026
Canada still needs an ombudsperson for responsible enterprise: Sarah Teich, David Matas, and John Packer for Inside Policyoriginal ↗
17 Aug 2026
Trump’s Canada tariffs poison the well for global investment: Jamie Tronnes in Real Clear Worldoriginal ↗
17 Aug 2026
Deterrence is cheaper than defence: Christopher Coates and Lt.-Col. Joel Maley on Inside Policy Talksoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2026
Get to the point – Why shorter judgments are key to improving access to justice: Paul Warchuk for Inside Policyoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2026
No, Canada’s economy isn’t on fire. Growth is returning, but on a permanently lower path: Trevor Tombe in The Huboriginal ↗
13 Aug 2026
Cambridge missteps in handling of scandal over alleged plagiarism: Peter MacKinnon in the National Postoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2026
The new foreign interference law is a good start. Will it work?: Sarah Teich, Marcus Kolga and Gloria Fung in The Globe and Mailoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2026
Iran’s demands to reopen Strait of Hormuz includes unfreezing assets, compensation, more: Joe Varner on CTV Newsoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2026