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The political potency of the firearms issue

Canada’s more than two million firearms owners will be voting as a block in the next election based on their united opposition to Trudeau’s new firearms laws. And given the tiny margins that determine which party forms government, the Liberals should be worried, writes former Conservative MP Robert Sopuck.

MPs’ work on gun control misses target

Marco Mendicino

Notwithstanding the proven link between guns and violence against women, Canadian women’s groups have not been treated as serious stakeholders in the gun control debate. Now, 34 women’s groups are calling out misinformation around Bill C-21.

Toronto police and the illusion of safety

It is inconceivable that the department implicated in the deaths of many Black and Brown people with mental health issues is the same one tasked with keeping Torontonians safe.

What ChatGPT means for the new future of national security

If we fail to recognize systems like ChatGPT as the warning shots that they are, we can look forward to a future in which gaping holes in Canada’s policy and security posture are exposed by predictable AI breakthroughs on a regular basis.