Sean Speer: Canada’s next frontier should be oceanic discovery
The twenty-first century frontier should be about oceanic discovery and Canada should be a global leader in this pursuit.
Sean Speer: It’s time for Canada to get serious about China
The Chinese are systematically pursuing technological dominance in key sectors and Canada is focused on futons. We need to develop a systematic and realist China policy—or risk being left behind.
Sean Speer: There is no room for nuance in the shameful legacy of residential schools
The basic idea to remove and isolate children from the influence of their families in order to “get rid of the Indian problem” was wicked and bad.
Sean Speer: The idea that we’re alone in the universe is a true leap of faith
The question of UFOs has suddenly become a big political issue. Elite voices who generally tend to be more skeptical on these issues are now giving it more attention.
Sean Speer: Canadian creators don’t need protection. They’re already winning
Excluding the internet from regulation was an inspired decision. It has contributed to a burst of creativity, innovation, and new opportunities for Canadian creators and producers by massively expanding their market reach to a global audience.
Sean Speer: The ten-year anniversary of a crazy 24 hours
It was a frenetic 24 hours that started with a mystery about what was going on in northeastern Pakistan and ended with celebrations of a majority government with friends and colleagues in an Ottawa bar.
Sean Speer: We need a ‘long telegram’ on the growing great power competition
While there’s a growing consensus that western countries need to rethink their economic and political relationships with China, there’s far less agreement on the goals, purpose and tactics of a new strategy.
Sean Speer: The budget is a sign that progressives are winning the battle of ideas
A combination of new generations, new challenges and unexpected events are bound to threaten previous intellectual advances.
Sean Speer: What is all this spending going to get us?
We know the sticker price, but we rarely know what we’re actually getting or what we might have gotten instead.
Sean Speer: The four spectacular elite failures shaping modern politics
Back in the immediacy of the populist moment in 2016, there was a brief window when academic, business, media and political elites seemed to recognize that they had drifted too far from ordinary citizens in their societies. These early developments, however, failed to sustain themselves