Against convenience
We wanted convenience, and now we have it—or rather it has us. We have become slaves to convenience. In the name of efficiency, time-saving, and productivity, we have sleep-walked into an inhuman nightmare.
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The Hub Roundtable: How to stop worrying and love the Emergencies Act
This week’s Hub Dialogue Roundtable discusses Commissioner Paul Rouleau’s report on the invocation of the Emergencies Act last year. Plus, reports of a CSIS document that outlines Chinese interference in the most recent Canadian election.
David Frum on Mexican President López Obrador’s ‘dangerous’ authoritarian ambitions
This episode features discussion with David Frum on recent political developments in Mexico under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, its bilateral relationship with Canada, and the country’s broader role in North America.
Everyday Chardonnay
It has been simultaneously at the height and bottom of fashion for a quarter of a century. On the one hand, most of the most expensive white wines in the world are Chardonnay made from Burgundy or Champagne. On the other hand, Chardonnay is not cool no matter how much it might cost.
Canadians are worried about violent crime and Conservatives see an opportunity
A litany of recent headlines about violent attacks in Toronto has Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre seeing a political opportunity.
Thomas Piketty is still wrong
A powerful rebuke to Piketty’s work is in a new study, The Myth of American Inequality: How the Government Biases Policy Debate, which makes a strong case that everything we know about income inequality and poverty in the U.S. is wrong.
It’s not just Toronto. Violent crime is a national problem
While the threats to public safety in Canada’s largest city have made many recent headlines, smaller cities across the country have been dealing with declining public safety for years, making it a truly national phenomenon.
Trade and commerce were key to Canada’s creation: Professor Malcolm Lavoie on our economic Constitution
This episode of Hub Dialogues features law professor Malcolm Lavoie discussing how trade and commerce were integral to the creation of Canada, the economic vision of the framers that is embedded within the Constitution, and interprovincial trade disputes.
A nation—and a founder—to be proud of
The movement to erase Macdonald is an unfortunate and destructive development for our country. It’s long past time for our leaders to take a courageous stand against this immature nonsense and defend our founder.
No more dithering—It's time for Canada to craft a real energy policy
Canada’s economic engine—our energy and resource sectors—came of age under much different circumstances, but since the beginning of this century, three monumental changes occurred. We must adapt to them to move a real energy policy forward.
