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Quebec Justice Minister and French Language Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette holds a book containing the 1867 Canadian constitution and the Canadian Act during a news conference, Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at the legislature in Quebec City. Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press.
Viewpoint

Our fraying constitutional order

Proposals in Alberta and Quebec are starting to nip at the fabric of our constitutional order and are attempting to force a constitutional crisis for flagrantly political ends.

By Joanna Baron - Posted on June 22, 2022
David White holds his friend, two-year-old Kova Macey as he waits to dance in a First Nations Pow-Wow, at the Canada Day celebration, Monday July 1, 2013 London, Ontario. Dave Chidley/The Canadian Press.
Viewpoint

Committing to a more collaborative and ambitious Canada on National Indigenous Peoples Day

As we celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day, we can recognize the dark and the shiny parts of our past. The principles of the original Indigenous-European relationships provide a model we should draw on today.

By Karen Restoule - Posted on June 21, 2022
In this April 26, 2019, file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping raises his glass and proposes a toast during the welcome banquet for visiting leaders attending the Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Since seizing power amid civil war in 1949, the party has undergone a tumultuous history, but president and party leader Xi Jinping is emphasizing the country’s rise to economic, military and diplomatic over the past four decades since reforms were enacted. Nicolas Asfouri/AP Photo.
Hub Dialogue

‘An increasingly intense rivalry’: Foreign policy expert Aaron Friedberg on why decoupling from China is a costly but necessary decision

Princeton professor Aaron Friedberg joins Hub Dialogues to discuss why integration with China did not lead to its liberalization, the rising importance of economic blocs in geopolitics, and why arrogance may be China’s fatal flaw.

By The Hub Staff - Posted on June 21, 2022
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell news conference is displayed on televisions while traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday intensified its drive to tame high inflation by raising its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point its largest hike in nearly three decades and signaling more large rate increases to come that would raise the risk of another recession. Seth Wenig/AP Photo.
Hub Dialogue

‘I’m very worried’: David Frum on the dangers of crypto and the global problem of high inflation

This episode of Frum Dialogues features discussion on the growing concerns about stagflation, rising interest rates in Canada and the United States, and the collapse of cryptocurrencies.

By The Hub Staff - Posted on June 20, 2022
Former finance minister Bill Morneau and current finance minister Chrystia Freeland. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press.
News Dispatch

Is there any room for Blue Liberals in Justin Trudeau’s party?

After Bill Morneau’s speech, some inside the party are asking whether there’s room for Blue Liberals in the red tent anymore.

By Geoff Russ - Posted on June 20, 2022
A multidisciplinary tream of doctors, residents and nurses meet at the Halifax Infirmary in Halifax on Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press.
Viewpoint

When it comes to fixing health care, governance matters more than policy

How a system functions has more to do with how its governed than with the policy ideas in play. Implementation failure, constraints, and incentives all fall under the larger umbrella of governance.

By Shawn Whatley - Posted on June 20, 2022
Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, May 30, 2022. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press.
Hub Dialogue

Freeland battles the inflation fire: The Hub Roundtable on the government’s response to our economic troubles

This week’s Hub Dialogue Roundtable discusses Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s speech this week to the Empire Club in Toronto where she announced measures in response to growing inflation. Will it work?

By The Hub Staff - Posted on June 17, 2022
A trabocco on the waters of the Adriatic on the coast of Italy's Abruzzo region. Photo credit: Malcolm Jolley.
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Malcolm Jolley: Adventures in Abruzzo: Three meals and three lessons

Italy’s Abruzzo region, on the coast of the Adriatic, has the twin most desirable moderating characteristics of a Mediterranean wine-producing region: altitude and coastline.

By Malcolm Jolley - Posted on June 17, 2022
Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press.
News Dispatch

More than a third of Canadians can’t cope due to gas prices, as Freeland opens the coffers

More than a third of Canadians say they are struggling to cope financially due to surging gas prices in the country, according to a recent poll conducted for The Hub.

By Stuart Thomson - Posted on June 17, 2022
Gas prices are displayed in Carleton Place, Ontario on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press.
Viewpoint

Why is there inflation in Canada? Follow the money

The lesson for Canadian officials and the public should be clear. Other things equal, “easy money” policies cause consumer prices to rise, just as they teach in economics textbooks.

By Robert P. Murphy - Posted on June 17, 2022

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