Canada for all Canadians
Rather than just reacting to separatist threats, Canada should take the initiative to renew the federation. The election of a Parti Québécois government with only 28 per cent of the Read more →
Unaccountable executive federalism is weakening national unity As Canada adapts to the disorderly post-free trade world and an adversarial relationship with the US, we need to take steps now to Read more →
Long before the election of a corrupt, autocratic US president, Canadian unity and democracy has been in decline. Our economic and national security has steadily weakened in an increasingly fractious Read more →
In my earlier blog “Time to reset our dysfunctional federation“, I argue that Canada requires a serious federalism reset. We need a functional intergovernmental structure designed to facilitate the collaboration Read more →
Prime minister Carney appears comfortable continuing the tradition of conducting federal-provincial relations in a first ministers’ bubble comprising the prime minister and his provincial counterparts, disconnected from elected representatives both Read more →
As the new Liberal government takes shape after Election 2025, the relief at finally having a functioning Parliament again after an unjustifiably lengthy prorogation, is tempered with deep concern about Read more →
The Liberal Party needs a serious time out of government to take responsibility for their ten-year legacy of democratic decay and a weak, disunited Canada; and to thoroughly rethink their Read more →
Canadians finally get to choose a new government and prime minister in the federal election called for April 28, 2025. We have a clear choice: more unprincipled, self-absorbed Liberal rule Read more →
Canadians are finally only weeks away from a long overdue federal election featuring Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative Party leader, and Mark Carney, the new Liberal Party leader. This election is Read more →
Canada’s faux-democracy – a phenomenon I describe in my 2025 e-book – continues to thrive three years later. My guide to Canada’s faux-democracy and how to fix it is a Read more →
Speculation about the timing of the next general election is intensifying. Some suggest that Justin Trudeau may decide to call an election before a public inquiry on foreign interference raises Read more →
The prime minister’s stonewalling of a full public inquiry into the evidence of foreign interference in our electoral institutions and practices, can be explained in two ways: first, the incompetence Read more →
Notes for comments at Popular Defiance Plenary – World Affairs Conference, Upper Canada College, February 5, 2019 I am very happy to speak today on the topic of political engagement and social Read more →