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1. Canada helps fund drug war abroad while eyeing marijuana legalization at home

   The U.S. war on drugs' symbolic genesis was in 1971, under President Richard Nixon, and Canada has been a supportive ally in this failed endeavour. The war may be coming to an end in the United States, with reforms and rising ...

2. Recall referendum may be only hope for Venezuela

   There comes a time when multilateral organizations that claim to promote democracy should, in fact, promote democracy. Now is the hour for the Organization of American States, and particularly for Canada as a prominent influential member ...

3. Atlantic provinces want to send workers where there are no jobs

   Some unfounded optimism emerged from Prince Edward Island this month, from the meeting of four Atlantic premiers and five federal ministers. Immigrants shall come, they said, and they shall "drive economic growth" and " ...

4. As lockout looms, Canada Post should not be in the retirement business

   As Canada Post prepares for a lockout, observers should ask one simple question regarding the demands of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). Would the workers receive such remuneration in the private sector? The answer may seem ...

5. Canada's real housing problem is impeded supply, not high demand

   Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has acknowledged a "very significant" housing crisis in some of Canada's urban centres. The good news is that he and more public officials realize higher home prices are not to be celebrated. ...

6. Book targets policies and policymakers amid Alberta’s malaise

   In recent years, Albertan politicos have graced constituents with claims that the province was debt free. They actually meant the provincial government had sufficient financial assets on hand to offset the debts, but with the fiscal ...

7. Time to check the CBC's privilege

   News media is undergoing a rapid and beautiful process of creative destruction: digitalization means vastly lower costs, fewer barriers to entry, and a wider variety of competing options for consumers to enjoy. Amid this innovation and ...

8. Nova Scotia’s ‘China’ strategy unnecessary and counterproductive

   If there ever was a need for a confused policy plan, Nova Scotia's Premier Stephen McNeil's "China Engagement Strategy," released on April 28 to the media and anyone else interested, has delivered. The " ...

9. Venezuela's nightmare lost in novel of historical fiction

   The gravity of the crisis in Venezuela belies its low profile in English-language media, perhaps because it’s beyond the acute concerns and easy grasp of people in the developed world. This lack of investigation and coverage is tragic ...

10. ‘Scab’ ban proposal makes some workers more equal than others

    Proponents of the Anti-Scab Bill (C-234), recently introduced in Parliament by Quebec MP Karine Trudel, NDP deputy labour critic, would have you believe that to "protect workers" we need to ban replacement workers. In other ...