Liberals’ fall priorities should centre on building support from NDP, key voting blocs: lobbyists, pollsters
With a current ‘hodgepodge’ of bills before Parliament, the Liberals may want to form a cohesive narrative through their fall legislative agenda, says Yaroslav Baran.
Canada’s shipbuilding strategy is a success we shouldn’t abandon
There is a clear national security rationale for preserving the capacity to build and maintain one’s own warships.
Protecting wild salmon populations doesn’t require banning farms
We need to put salmon farm disease in perspective with how we respond to infectious disease in humans.
‘Structural solutions not inflammatory conclusions’ required to fix foreign worker program: Senator Omidvar
A recent Senate report recommends the creation of a tripartite Migrant Work Commission, and a three-year phase-out of closed work permits to improve the TFWP.
All-hands-on-deck approach needed to solve Canada’s primary care crisis
Every person in Canada should have access to a primary care team that can manage health issues faced by a patient collaboratively.
Feds’ Green Buildings Strategy a good start—but more is needed
Without greater investment and a holistic, community-centred approach focused on reducing energy bills, the new program won’t go far enough in solving the needs of low-income households across Canada.
Some Dogs Allowed? Rescue groups hope more reasonable border restrictions could lead to loosened dog import suspension
Golden Rescue co-chair Viive Tamm says the new Canada-U.S. restrictions are an opportunity for Canada to take another look at its own rules for dog imports.
It’s time to finally put an end to public funding of fossil fuels
Next year, Canada will host the G7, an opportune moment to lead by example in aligning spending with its climate commitments.
Greenspon to leave top job at Public Policy Forum
Ed Greenspon, The Globe and Mail’s former editor-in-chief, talks about his top job at the Public Policy Forum, and why he will be moving on at the end of the year.
Partial truths from politicians won’t fix the toxic drug crisis
The framing that Canada has tried progressive policies, but they failed is misleading because the toxic drug crisis isn’t one problem, but an interwoven tangle of different problems.
