The political left believed all humans were born good and made bad by society and conservatives held that all people were born in sin, and it took the strictures of society to save our souls. That trope has now been put on its head.
In this Hub Dialogue, part of our new policy in action series, The Hub’s editor-at-large Sean Speer speaks to Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, the member of parliament for the riding of Beaches-East York in Toronto.
Cannabis legalization has worked out well in this country for several reasons—not least of which is the fact that Canadians were ready for it.
Criticisms levelled at Canadian private universities also often fail to acknowledge the challenges that can exist at publicly assisted universities: enormous class sizes, an overreliance on sessional adjunct instructors and students who are just numbers that fall through the cracks.
As Canada emerges from the pandemic, one thing is increasingly clear: only months after the government revealed its fiscal plans, pitched as fiscal stimulus, the macroeconomic case for higher spending is significantly weaker. Stimulus may no longer be needed.
Over the past 125 years, the Olympic movement has managed to carve out little islands of peace in complicated and difficult political conditions.
China is no place for the Olympics because extreme human rights abuses in the country clash mightily with the principles enshrined in the Olympic Charter.
In a recent Globe and Mail op-ed, University of British Columbia professor Paul Evans and Senator Yuen Pau Woo adopted the Chinese Communist Party’s rhetoric wholesale.
Cancelling Canada Day seems to be, in my view, the easy way out. And the people I know don’t take the easy way out. They face challenges with courage.
You may imagine that Canada Day came about due to a rich parliamentary debate about how best to celebrate the anniversary of our nation’s birth. In fact, it came about 40 years ago thanks to 13 MPs pulling a fast one on their colleagues.
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