Richard Shimooka: Should Canada be all in on Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ defence system?
16 June 2025
‘Sometimes there are necessary wars’: David Frum on what the Israel-Iran conflict means for the Middle East and America
Alicia Planincic: If Canada wants to be an energy superpower, it needs to stop banning energy exports
DeepDive: Under pressure: How immigration is becoming a political fault line in Canada
Peter Menzies: The mainstream media has a misinformation problem
Michael Geist: The government’s stunning new assault on Canadians’ privacy
‘Sometimes there are necessary wars’: David Frum on what the Israel-Iran conflict means for the Middle East and America
Alicia Planincic: If Canada wants to be an energy superpower, it needs to stop banning energy exports
DeepDive: Under pressure: How immigration is becoming a political fault line in Canada
Peter Menzies: The mainstream media has a misinformation problem
Michael Geist: The government’s stunning new assault on Canadians’ privacy
Richard Shimooka
Richard Shimooka is a Hub contributing writer and a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute who writes on defence policy.
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30 October 2024
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Richard Shimooka: Want to fix national defence? Give Parliament more power
23 August 2024
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16 August 2024
Richard Shimooka: Sorry, NATO, but Justin Trudeau will never take defence seriously. We need a new government for that
19 July 2024
Richard Shimooka: Canada’s shameful betrayal of our Afghan partners goes beyond Sajjan’s specific actions
4 July 2024
Richard Shimooka: Why Canada’s Cuban port visit was such a disaster
19 June 2024
Richard Shimooka: We must learn the right lessons from Canada’s historical heroism
11 June 2024
Richard Shimooka: Canada’s military is in crisis. Here’s what’s definitely not helping
22 May 2024
Richard Shimooka: The Liberals are not going to fix Canada’s real defence spending problem
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22 April 2024
