Budgeting Backwards (February 2009)
As the dust settles after the much-anticipated delivery of Budget 2009, one troubling feature is emerging: Despite the fact that women constitute 47.4 per cent — almost half — of Read more →
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Economic Crisis As Opportunity (January 2009)
2008 has now passed into history as a year most people want to forget. 2009 is quickly shaping up as the year most people wish was already over, (or perhaps Read more →
Canada’s National Government Missing In Action (November 2008)
Canadians have traditionally looked to the Liberal Party of Canada for a sense that Canada means something more than the sum of its parts. Canadians know that a collection of Read more →
Canadians Stuck In Groundhog Day Nightmare (September 2008)
With the federal election now finally underway, Canadians must demand civil, constructive political discourse on how to meet the serious challenges that lie on the horizon. Let us have a Read more →
Points of View (last updated 2008)
Note: The following points of view have not been updated since 2008. CANADA AND THE WORLD: Afghanistan Canada – US Relations Canada’s Global Role Human Trafficking Immigration & Refugee Policy Read more →
Medicare For The 21st Century: Time To Put Autism On The National Agenda (April 2008)
Today – April 2nd – is World Autism Day. The Geneva Centre for Autism in Canada estimates that one in every 169 children is on the autistic spectrum. The Centre Read more →
Canada’s Role In A Global Era (March 2008)
Notes for remarks to the Chance Conference, University of Toronto Canada has become a magnet to people from around the world. We have transformed in a relatively short period Read more →
Harper And Immigration: Divisive Policy By Stealth. Petty Politics And Power Plays Trump Vision And Principle (March 2008)
The immigration system needs an overhaul. But what it doesn’t need is poorly conceived, divisive tinkering by an election-hungry prime minister, slipped stealthily into his budget. Immigrants built Canada and Read more →
Canadians Without Borders (November 2007)
What does it mean to be Canadian when we come from everywhere? How do we forge a shared national purpose among people who have never shared anything before and who Read more →
On The Eve Of An Historical Election (October 2007)
We are on the eve of an historic national election. It is time to offer Canadians a vision of our nation, a new national dream for the 21st century, and a Read more →
Bold And Visionary National Leadership In Action (September 2007)
Imagine a Canada with bold and visionary national leadership – leadership that inspires Canadians once again to believe that those in public life can translate rhetoric into action. Imagine a Read more →
Public Support For Arts And Culture (May 2007)
Canadians are well ahead of our current leadership in recognizing that vibrant artistic sectors and cultural industries are essential elements of both a sustainable social economy and our Canadian identity. Read more →
Good Government And Good Citizenship (April 2007)
Notes for remarks to the East York Kiwanis Club We need bold and visionary national leadership to encourage us to self-limit, to sacrifice, to live intelligently and frugally, not wastefully. We Read more →