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Quebec's Student Impasse a Test of Leadership - Globe and Mail

Quebec is in a fragile state, but Premier Jean Charest is not in a position to fix or heal it overnight. Conflict resolution – including mediation and arbitration – is ...

Quebec Protest Fallout May Fuel Crisis - Michael Den Tandt, Calgary Herald

Quebec Premier Jean Charest had his moment - a pretext and a platform, as well as strong popular support, for a firm but fair crackdown on the violence and hooliganism that have ...

Quebec's Movement About Nothing - Andrew Coyne, Montreal Gazette

So there can be no going back. The particulars of the dispute are irrelevant, if not forgotten: this has become about the students themselves, and the movie of their lives in which...

Did Canada 'Win' in Afghanistan? - Jeffrey Simpson, Globe and Mail

NATO is supposed to funnel about $4-billion a year to Afghanistan after its soldiers and trainers leave, principally to assist the Afghan army. If the past is any guide, portions...

What Does Canada Get from NATO? - Canadian International Council

As this week is the big NATO summit in Chicago, we ought to consider Canada’s role in the alliance in two ways: what does Canada get out of NATO and what NATO gets out of Can...

The British Monarchy Is Weird, But It Works - Doug Saunders, Globe & Mail

After 60 years seeing her face on the money, on the postage stamps, on the TV screen and in our strangest dreams, we have become so accustomed to her that we hardly ever stop to ...

'Time and Punishment' Now Canada's Way - Jeffrey Simpson, Globe & Mail

Any week now, we might expect the Correctional Service of Canada to be renamed Punishment Canada. Corrections – the idea that those in prison might be assisted while incarcerate...

Canada's Silent Majority Begins to Speak Up - Graeme Hamilton, Nat'l Post

Maybe it's time the students heard the message that it's not just the Liberal government and fat-cat capitalists who disagree with them; it’s an overwhelming majority of th...

Americans, Canadians Lose Faith in NAFTA - Angus Reid

People in the United States claim Mexico has benefited the most from the deal, while Canadians think the Americans are the real winners....

The Ugly Side of the 'Quebec Model' - National Post

If Canadians still harbour suspicions that Quebec is not in fact a “distinct society,” the ongoing student strikes in that province, and the provincial government&rsquo...

Quebec's Student Protesters Lose Their Credibility - Toronto Star

While Quebecers are famously tolerant of trade union and student activism, this is beginning to look like anarchy. And anarchy is not an agenda. At least, not one any society can...

Across the Planet, the Plastic Bag Abounds - Bruce Kirkby, Globe and Mail

I am nearly the same age as Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, and grew up in the same suburb where he now lives. We have, I assume, some interests in common: An affinity for the Maple Leaf...

Ottawa's Industrial Policy Divides Canada - Lawrence Martin, Globe & Mail

The clash of visions will be rancorous but the debate is needed - indeed, it's overdue. The increasing lopsidedness of the economy, the trending toward a raw resources mecca that...

Greece Is Sinking Canada's Liberals - John Ibbitson, Globe and Mail

The failure on Sunday evening of efforts to form a coalition government seriously increases the chances that Greece will default, which in a way only makes things worse for Canada&...

A Lost Cause for Ontario's Doctors - Martin Regg Cohn, Toronto Star

This time, threats of another brain drain are contradicted by the quiet return of emigre doctors from the once-promised land of America, describing how private insurers won't aut...

The Coming Arms Race for Oil in the Arctic - Bob Reiss, Fortune

The race for oil in the Arctic is on. As the polar ice cap retreats, energy companies are looking north for a potentially huge new source of crude supply. In April, Exxon Mobil (...

Canada Could Doom Global Civilization - James Hansen, New York Times

GLOBAL warming isn’t a prediction. It is happening. That is why I was so troubled to read a recent interview with President Obama in Rolling Stone in which he said that Canad...

For Quebec Students, Might Makes Right - Andrew Coyne, Ottawa Citizen

Much has been made throughout this business of Quebec's "progressive" traditions, or the government's alleged intransigence, as if this could explain the decision of individual d...

Why Canada Can Lead in a Changing World - Joe Clark, Ottawa Citizen

Power among nations is shifting dramatically. Goldman Sachs has projected that, by 2050, the seven largest economies in the world will include only one western nation — the U...

Making Canada's Past a Slave to Power - Jeffrey Simpson, Globe and Mail

Citizens can be almost certain that, when governments use public money to write history, the result will be a deformed version of the past. So it has proved to be with the Harper...

Why Is Harper Not Using His Majority? - Andrew Coyne, National Post

One year on, we can say that Stephen Harper has succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. If there was room to doubt what was achieved by five years of minority government, after a ye...

Canadian PMs Have Too Much Power - Jarvis & Turnbull, National Post

Rather than becoming more like a system of presidential executive authority, this situation has left Canadian prime ministers in a position more akin to historical monarchs. The ...

What's the Future of Central Banks? - Martin Wolf, Financial Times

Nobody can be confident that the propensity of the financial system towards huge crises can be halted. Indeed, the longer that success is achieved, the greater will be the compla...

Harper Government Has Had a Good First Year - Globe and Mail

It has been a year since the Conservatives won a majority government, a year in which there have been plenty of ups and downs, the latter including the robo-calls controversy and...

Quebec's University Students in for a Shock - Margaret Wente, Globe & Mail

Students in Quebec are like no others, we're told. We need to understand that tuition fees are not the real issue. The real issue is social justice. The real issue is the promise...

The Scary New Canada Is a Myth - Andrew Cohen, Ottawa Citizen

A year after Canada gave the Conservatives a majority government, we are still hearing how the country is becoming more and more conservative....

Quebec's Kids Resent Wealth Transfer to Old - David Frum, National Post

The rioting students of Quebec got scant sympathy even before they started smashing windows and detonating smoke bombs. Polls suggest that Quebecers generally support Jean Charest...

Alberta Vote Was About Loathing and Fear - Marc Henry, Calgary Herald

Monday was the most exciting election Albertans have ever seen. Indeed, it marks one of the greatest political comebacks in Canadian history. And in less than 850 words we'll cov...

Canada's Moderate Politics Stand Out - Haroon Sidiqui, Toronto Star

Canada's politics are remarkable for their moderation....

Quebec Has Replaced Alberta at the Margins - Jeff Simpson, Globe & Mail

With the West, and particularly Alberta, now in political ascendancy in Canada, the new power shift means the marginalization of Quebec....

New Keystone Pipeline Route Should Win U.S. Approval - Globe and Mail

TransCanada’s new plan avoids a sensitive area called the Sand Hills, according to boundaries defined by the state government. Some Nebraskans argue that the area is wider. A...

U.S., Canada Out of Step on Cuba - Harry Sterling, Toronto Star

Once again Prime Minister Stephen Harper is odd man out with other political leaders, angering fellow hemispheric politicians by his veto blocking Cuba as a participant in Summit...

Canada's Liberals in Denial - Andrew Coyne, National Post

So that’s settled, then: Mark Carney will not be leaving the Bank of Canada, but will remain at his post, at the least to the end of his term. This will disappoint those who ...

What if the U.S. Becomes an Oil Exporter? - Jeffrey Simpson, Globe & Mail

A series of developments is changing the U.S. oil picture. New, tough mileage regulations will make a big difference in the amount of gasoline consumed. As world oil prices remai...

What Comes After the War on Drugs - Dan Gardner, Ottawa Citizen

Colombia's president has the right idea. We must, first, accept that the status quo is a mess. That doesn't mean committing to any particular change. It just means acknowledging w...

Stephen Harper's Conservative Revolution - Jordan Michael Smith, WAJ

Since 2006, when Conservative Stephen Harper became Canada's prime minister, America's typically quiet and modest neighbor to the north has been much more assertive in pursuing i...

Nations Now Look to Canada on Human Rights - John Ibbitson, Globe & Mail

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms was signed 30 years ago Tuesday. Since then, not only has it become a national bedrock, but the Charter has replaced the American Bill of Right...

Canada's Prescription Drug Problem - Mark Rovere, National Post

Should patients in Rome or Detroit have faster access to new prescription drugs than someone living in Victoria or Windsor? If your answer is “no,” then here is another...

Canada's Battle for Arctic Rights - National Post

In both geographical and economic terms, it is difficult to overstate how unimportant Hans Island is. It is, quite literally, a rock surrounded by water. At barely 1.3-square kilom...

Pax Americana at Heart of Harper's F-35 Posture - John Ivison, Nat'l Post

The Canadian government's decision to go with the F-35 appears to be part of a tacit political agreement between the United States and key allies like Japan and Australia to cont...

Eternal Leavening of the Canadian Left - Lawrence Martin, Globe and Mail

To be considered also is that Mr. Mulcair isn’t offering anything that should embitter large numbers of New Democrats. He is only following the historic trend line of the C...

Is Canada Witnessing a 'Western Spring'? - Jesse Kline, National Post

If recent polls are any indication - and they should always be taken with a grain of salt - we could be in the midst of a Western Spring....

Harper Muzzles Canada's Diplomats - Haroon Siddiqui, Toronto Star

What matters most to Harper is not human rights and democracy but rather their exact opposite: keeping authoritarian control, both at home and abroad....

Good Riddance to Canada's Penny - Calgary Herald

The Harper government was right to do this. After all, a penny saved is a penny earned....

Canadians Know Little About the Military - Matt Gurney, National Post

When I was a historian for the navy,” laughs Roger Sarty, ‘‘when I’d tell people what I did, most of them didn’t realize Canada had a navy. Mr. Sarty is saying what every...

Obama's Pipeline Balk a Gift to Canada & China - Adam Waterous, G&M

Perhaps sensing his foolishness, Mr. Obama recently welcomed TransCanada's proposal to build the southern leg of Keystone XL. Unfortunately, his actions may be too little, too la...

Harper Undoing Canada - Frances Russell, Winnipeg Free Press

Stephen Harper's Conservatives dislike Canada. They reject much of what the rest of the world values and praises about us -- our respect for cultural, linguistic and racial diver...

Blasphemy By Any Other Name - Barbara Kay, National Post

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A Diminished Canada at Home and Abroad - Andrew Cohen, Ottawa Citizen

There are many words commentators have used to describe the new federal budget: conservative, cautious, humdrum, prudent, bold, visionary, revolutionary, transformative. It's har...

Canada Must Break Entitlement Addiction - Gwyn Morgan, Globe and Mail

What do public-sector rioters who turned parts of Athens into charred ruins and the protesting students who have been paralyzed downtown Montreal in recent weeks have in common? Yo...

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