Richard Shimooka: As Russia’s air incursions increase, what should NATO’s next move be?
2 October 2025
‘We love big spending’: Janet Brown and Dave Cournoyer on Alberta’s political paradox
‘He’s a phony’: David Frum on Zohran Mamdani’s TikTok politics and Canada’s Indigenous property dilemma
‘Dangerous for Canada’: What to make of Trump’s tariff tantrum
‘The execution was terrible’: Hub Politics on Carney’s economic address to the nation
‘China taking tariffs off doesn’t solve the problem’: What a potential Carney-Xi meeting means for Canada-China relations
‘We love big spending’: Janet Brown and Dave Cournoyer on Alberta’s political paradox
‘He’s a phony’: David Frum on Zohran Mamdani’s TikTok politics and Canada’s Indigenous property dilemma
‘Dangerous for Canada’: What to make of Trump’s tariff tantrum
‘The execution was terrible’: Hub Politics on Carney’s economic address to the nation
‘China taking tariffs off doesn’t solve the problem’: What a potential Carney-Xi meeting means for Canada-China relations
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 August 2024
Richard Shimooka: Want to fix national defence? Give Parliament more power
23 August 2024
Richard Shimooka: Canada’s defence capabilities are in disarray. Here are the three biggest reasons why
16 August 2024
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Richard Shimooka: Canada’s shameful betrayal of our Afghan partners goes beyond Sajjan’s specific actions
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