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1. The patience of Canadian patients is wearing thin

   A new survey by Angus Reid suggests the patience Canadians are famous for may be wearing thin—at least when it comes to wait times for medical treatment. The survey collected responses from 1,500 Canadians who received orthopaedic ...

2. Trump’s NAFTA demands, while politically challenging, may ultimately enhance trade environment

   In its recently released 16-page document, the Trump administration announced its specific negotiating objectives for the upcoming NAFTA renegotiation process. The document states at the outset its objective to reduce the U.S. trade ...

3. Morneau’s tax changes—another missed opportunity as Ottawa searches for revenue

   Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau (pictured above) today proposed a series of tax changes intended to crackdown on tax-planning strategies involving the use of private corporations that can “result in high-income individuals gaining ...

4. Provincial and local governments should make infrastructure decisions, not Ottawa

   Last week, and as part of Ottawa’s multi-billion infrastructure spending plan, Amarjeet Sohi, federal minister of infrastructure and communities, wrote letters to his ministerial counterparts in each province and territory laying out ...

5. Softwood lumber dispute—dumping should not be a trade issue

   This week the Trump administration escalated the softwood lumber dispute with Canada when the U.S. Commerce Department imposed a preliminary anti-dumping duty of up to 7.72 per cent on Canadian softwood lumber exports. (In this context, ...

6. William Watson: The good news about aging—seeing the past more clearly

   My optometrist recently informed me my vision was getting better. A wearer of glasses since the age of 11, I now have close to 20/20 vision in my left eye. It seems improvement of this sort is common as people age. I asked him if ...

7. It’s time for Canada to reassess its climate policy

   The federal government recently unveiled its new national carbon pricing scheme, calling it a “backstop.” Under the backstop plan, provinces are given until 2018 to create their own carbon pricing system or Ottawa will impose its own. ...

8. Alberta should look to France, Germany and Australia to improve its health-care system

   The office of the auditor general of Alberta recently delivered a report on the province’s expensive but underperforming health-care system. During an interview, the auditor general (Merwan Saher) rhetorically asked reporters “You are ...

9. Canada and the U.S. now stand on opposite sides of climate policy

   As I predicted a few days ago, President Trump yesterday kept another campaign promise, and withdrew the United States from the Paris climate agreement. Details are pending, of course, and the president threw out a combination fig leaf ...

10. Trump eyes withdrawal from Paris climate agreement

    Rumour has it, President Trump will withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement, killing another legacy of the Obama administration. It’s still possible that this is a negotiating ploy, and the president is waiting for ...