In order to exercise power the government must remain alert and responsive at all times to the interests and opinions of a range of elected and unelected persons. A parliamentary government follows, even as it leads.
Diplomatic capital must be earned. Constantly shirking international obligations, most egregiously the direct request to increase Canada’s defence budget and effective contribution to international security, has exhausted that.
If the last twenty years in the wine world have been largely about the ascendency of smaller boutique producers, maybe the next few years will see a resurgence of interest in larger wine-making operations.
While the government is still talking tough, the Online News Act has been an utter disaster, leading to millions in lost revenues with cancelled deals, reduced traffic for Canadian media sites, and declining investment in media in Canada.
For those of you wondering if the government has managed to salvage at least something from the Bill C-18 debacle by satisfying Google, don’t hold your breath.
We can’t escape the past any more than we can escape our own past. Even when we forget it, it re-emerges like an atavistic gene.
D.J. Taylor’s new biography delves deeply into George Orwell’s personal life and highlights how, like all of us, he was a complex man who had his fair share of failings and contradictions.
Justin Trudeau’s tenure as prime minister shows that experience doesn’t always equate to gravitas. He may continue to spit out all the right diplomatic buzzwords at global summits, but his fellow world leaders have long since tuned him out.
While the secessionist leaders contend with the decline of their movement, federalists, even those who disagree, have tried to move on and avoid becoming drawn into yet another debate over Quebec’s place in the country.
It’s hard to see the government’s food price plan as anything but a cynical move to mislead Canadians, cast blame on a politically unpopular group, and eventually claim credit for improvements that are beyond their control.
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