Books & Big Ideas
- ‘If we're not looking at how those activities are financed, we're missing a whole piece of the puzzle,’ says national security expert Jessica Davis.
FeatureBY | November 11, 2024
FeatureBY | November 11, 2024
- ‘If we're not looking at how those activities are financed, we're missing a whole piece of the puzzle,’ says national security expert Jessica Davis.
FeatureBY | November 11, 2024
- ‘If we're not looking at how those activities are financed, we're missing a whole piece of the puzzle,’ says national security expert Jessica Davis.
- Canada's environment commissioner audit found the $8-billion program was not attracting the country’s largest greenhouse gas emitters.
FeatureBY | November 4, 2024
FeatureBY | November 4, 2024
- Canada's environment commissioner audit found the $8-billion program was not attracting the country’s largest greenhouse gas emitters.
FeatureBY | November 4, 2024
- Canada's environment commissioner audit found the $8-billion program was not attracting the country’s largest greenhouse gas emitters.
- Charlie Angus talks about his new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, and about the state of federal politics
FeatureBY | November 4, 2024
FeatureBY | November 4, 2024
- Charlie Angus talks about his new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, and about the state of federal politics
FeatureBY | November 4, 2024
- Charlie Angus talks about his new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, and about the state of federal politics
- Through nine persuasive yet demoralizing chapters, Jonathan Manthorpe leads us through his rational report card on our nation’s prospects. If we don't attend to
FeatureBY | October 30, 2024
FeatureBY | October 30, 2024
- Through nine persuasive yet demoralizing chapters, Jonathan Manthorpe leads us through his rational report card on our nation’s prospects. If we don't attend to
FeatureBY | October 30, 2024
- Through nine persuasive yet demoralizing chapters, Jonathan Manthorpe leads us through his rational report card on our nation’s prospects. If we don't attend to
- Immigration lawyer Elizabeth Long says immigrants, foreign workers, and foreign students shouldn’t ‘be scapegoated for all of the problems that the government has created.'
FeatureBY | October 28, 2024
FeatureBY | October 28, 2024
- Immigration lawyer Elizabeth Long says immigrants, foreign workers, and foreign students shouldn’t ‘be scapegoated for all of the problems that the government has created.'
FeatureBY | October 28, 2024
- Immigration lawyer Elizabeth Long says immigrants, foreign workers, and foreign students shouldn’t ‘be scapegoated for all of the problems that the government has created.'
- ‘We're putting wheels on it right now,’ says Health Minister Mark Holland of Health Emergency Readiness Canada, newly launched to co-ordinate efforts ‘to build
FeatureBY | October 7, 2024
FeatureBY | October 7, 2024
- ‘We're putting wheels on it right now,’ says Health Minister Mark Holland of Health Emergency Readiness Canada, newly launched to co-ordinate efforts ‘to build
FeatureBY | October 7, 2024
- ‘We're putting wheels on it right now,’ says Health Minister Mark Holland of Health Emergency Readiness Canada, newly launched to co-ordinate efforts ‘to build
- Yaroslav Baran, former chief of staff to a Conservative government House leader, offers a crash course on how confidence motions work, and the strategy
FeatureBY | September 30, 2024
FeatureBY | September 30, 2024
- Yaroslav Baran, former chief of staff to a Conservative government House leader, offers a crash course on how confidence motions work, and the strategy
FeatureBY | September 30, 2024
- Yaroslav Baran, former chief of staff to a Conservative government House leader, offers a crash course on how confidence motions work, and the strategy
- A disarmingly friendly lunch guest, Andrew Lawton is full of contradictions.
FeatureBY | June 16, 2024
FeatureBY | June 16, 2024
- A disarmingly friendly lunch guest, Andrew Lawton is full of contradictions.
FeatureBY | June 16, 2024
- A disarmingly friendly lunch guest, Andrew Lawton is full of contradictions.
- Stephen Maher and Paul Wells both offer insights into who Justin Trudeau is and what makes him tick. But one wonders if we’ll ever
FeatureBY | June 10, 2024
FeatureBY | June 10, 2024
- Stephen Maher and Paul Wells both offer insights into who Justin Trudeau is and what makes him tick. But one wonders if we’ll ever
FeatureBY | June 10, 2024
- Stephen Maher and Paul Wells both offer insights into who Justin Trudeau is and what makes him tick. But one wonders if we’ll ever
- In a sensational new book, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's looking forward to running against Pierre Poilievre because he doesn't want Poilievre to
FeatureBY | May 27, 2024
FeatureBY | May 27, 2024
- In a sensational new book, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's looking forward to running against Pierre Poilievre because he doesn't want Poilievre to
FeatureBY | May 27, 2024
- In a sensational new book, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's looking forward to running against Pierre Poilievre because he doesn't want Poilievre to
- The following is an excerpt from Who Owns Outer Space? International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space, one of five finalists for
FeatureBY | May 1, 2024
FeatureBY | May 1, 2024
- The following is an excerpt from Who Owns Outer Space? International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space, one of five finalists for
FeatureBY | May 1, 2024
- The following is an excerpt from Who Owns Outer Space? International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space, one of five finalists for
- The following is an excerpt from Kent Roach's Wrongfully Convicted: Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice, published by Simon
FeatureBY | April 24, 2024
FeatureBY | April 24, 2024
- The following is an excerpt from Kent Roach's Wrongfully Convicted: Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice, published by Simon
FeatureBY | April 24, 2024
- The following is an excerpt from Kent Roach's Wrongfully Convicted: Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice, published by Simon
- ‘I feel that it is a fundamental responsibility of anyone who is an elected official... to collaborate with other orders of government to be
FeatureBY | April 24, 2024
FeatureBY | April 24, 2024
- ‘I feel that it is a fundamental responsibility of anyone who is an elected official... to collaborate with other orders of government to be
FeatureBY | April 24, 2024
- ‘I feel that it is a fundamental responsibility of anyone who is an elected official... to collaborate with other orders of government to be
- The following is an excerpt from Pandemic Panic: How Canadian Government Responses to COVID-19 Changed Civil Liberties Forever, one of the five books shortlisted
FeatureBY | April 24, 2024
FeatureBY | April 24, 2024
- The following is an excerpt from Pandemic Panic: How Canadian Government Responses to COVID-19 Changed Civil Liberties Forever, one of the five books shortlisted
FeatureBY | April 24, 2024
- The following is an excerpt from Pandemic Panic: How Canadian Government Responses to COVID-19 Changed Civil Liberties Forever, one of the five books shortlisted
- In his just-released volume, The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson, and the Making of Modern Canada, John Ibbitson gives the 13th prime minister a fair shake
- In his just-released volume, The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson, and the Making of Modern Canada, John Ibbitson gives the 13th prime minister a fair shake
- In his just-released volume, The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson, and the Making of Modern Canada, John Ibbitson gives the 13th prime minister a fair shake
- Hope is rooted in our spirit. It is not a tangible thing we can put on the table to bargain over. Hope is a
- Hope is rooted in our spirit. It is not a tangible thing we can put on the table to bargain over. Hope is a
- Hope is rooted in our spirit. It is not a tangible thing we can put on the table to bargain over. Hope is a
- Roy MacGregor was a small-town kid from Ontario's backwoods who made it big in Canada's media world. In Paper Trails, he tells the story
FeatureBY | September 18, 2023
FeatureBY | September 18, 2023
- Roy MacGregor was a small-town kid from Ontario's backwoods who made it big in Canada's media world. In Paper Trails, he tells the story
FeatureBY | September 18, 2023
- Roy MacGregor was a small-town kid from Ontario's backwoods who made it big in Canada's media world. In Paper Trails, he tells the story
- The Next Age of Uncertainty is one of the finalists for this year's Donner Prize, one of the best public policy books written in
FeatureBY | May 10, 2023
FeatureBY | May 10, 2023
- The Next Age of Uncertainty is one of the finalists for this year's Donner Prize, one of the best public policy books written in
FeatureBY | May 10, 2023
- The Next Age of Uncertainty is one of the finalists for this year's Donner Prize, one of the best public policy books written in
- The following is an excerpt from Dale Eisler's book, From Left to Right: Saskatchewan’s Political and Economic Transformation, published by the University of Regina
FeatureBY | May 8, 2023
FeatureBY | May 8, 2023
- The following is an excerpt from Dale Eisler's book, From Left to Right: Saskatchewan’s Political and Economic Transformation, published by the University of Regina
FeatureBY | May 8, 2023
- The following is an excerpt from Dale Eisler's book, From Left to Right: Saskatchewan’s Political and Economic Transformation, published by the University of Regina
- The following is an excerpt from Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy, by Josh O’Kane, one of the five finalists for this year's Shaughnessy Cohen
FeatureBY | May 8, 2023
FeatureBY | May 8, 2023
- The following is an excerpt from Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy, by Josh O’Kane, one of the five finalists for this year's Shaughnessy Cohen
FeatureBY | May 8, 2023
- The following is an excerpt from Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy, by Josh O’Kane, one of the five finalists for this year's Shaughnessy Cohen
- Norma Dunning explores the impact of the Eskimo Disk System in her book, Kinauvit?: What’s Your Name? The Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter’s
FeatureBY | May 8, 2023
FeatureBY | May 8, 2023
- Norma Dunning explores the impact of the Eskimo Disk System in her book, Kinauvit?: What’s Your Name? The Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter’s
FeatureBY | May 8, 2023
- Norma Dunning explores the impact of the Eskimo Disk System in her book, Kinauvit?: What’s Your Name? The Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter’s
- The following is an excerpt from Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation, by Andrew Stobo Sniderman and
FeatureBY | May 8, 2023
FeatureBY | May 8, 2023
- The following is an excerpt from Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation, by Andrew Stobo Sniderman and
FeatureBY | May 8, 2023
- The following is an excerpt from Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation, by Andrew Stobo Sniderman and
- In How to Be a Climate Optimist: Blueprints for a Better World, Chris Turner looks at 'the exhilarating story of real progress' being made on
FeatureBY | May 8, 2023
FeatureBY | May 8, 2023
- In How to Be a Climate Optimist: Blueprints for a Better World, Chris Turner looks at 'the exhilarating story of real progress' being made on
FeatureBY | May 8, 2023
- In How to Be a Climate Optimist: Blueprints for a Better World, Chris Turner looks at 'the exhilarating story of real progress' being made on
- The Politics and the Pen event has raised more than $5-million for the Writers' Trust since 2000, and last year raised $350,000 in one
FeatureBY | May 8, 2023
FeatureBY | May 8, 2023
- The Politics and the Pen event has raised more than $5-million for the Writers' Trust since 2000, and last year raised $350,000 in one
FeatureBY | May 8, 2023
- The Politics and the Pen event has raised more than $5-million for the Writers' Trust since 2000, and last year raised $350,000 in one
- The head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association weighs in on the switch to zero-emission vehicles.
FeatureBY | February 6, 2023
FeatureBY | February 6, 2023
- The head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association weighs in on the switch to zero-emission vehicles.
FeatureBY | February 6, 2023
- The head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association weighs in on the switch to zero-emission vehicles.
- Trump, Trudeau, Tweets, Truth is an extended meditation on what has become of political discourse in the 21st century, when the news media of old—beggared
FeatureBY | December 19, 2022
FeatureBY | December 19, 2022
- Trump, Trudeau, Tweets, Truth is an extended meditation on what has become of political discourse in the 21st century, when the news media of old—beggared
FeatureBY | December 19, 2022
- Trump, Trudeau, Tweets, Truth is an extended meditation on what has become of political discourse in the 21st century, when the news media of old—beggared
- In John Turner: An Intimate Biography, Steve Paikin shows Turner had a heart built for friendship, across party lines.
FeatureBY | December 19, 2022
FeatureBY | December 19, 2022
- In John Turner: An Intimate Biography, Steve Paikin shows Turner had a heart built for friendship, across party lines.
FeatureBY | December 19, 2022
- In John Turner: An Intimate Biography, Steve Paikin shows Turner had a heart built for friendship, across party lines.
- TEN DAYS AFTER BEING detained by Canadian authorities in Vancouver, and one day after Michael Kovrig was detained, Trump said publicly he “would certainly
FeatureBY | May 16, 2022
FeatureBY | May 16, 2022
- TEN DAYS AFTER BEING detained by Canadian authorities in Vancouver, and one day after Michael Kovrig was detained, Trump said publicly he “would certainly
FeatureBY | May 16, 2022
- TEN DAYS AFTER BEING detained by Canadian authorities in Vancouver, and one day after Michael Kovrig was detained, Trump said publicly he “would certainly
- A particularly interesting situation occurs when two tectonic plates are grinding past each other. Much of the time, the plates drift in this way
FeatureBY | May 16, 2022
FeatureBY | May 16, 2022
- A particularly interesting situation occurs when two tectonic plates are grinding past each other. Much of the time, the plates drift in this way
FeatureBY | May 16, 2022
- A particularly interesting situation occurs when two tectonic plates are grinding past each other. Much of the time, the plates drift in this way
- TORONTO—Nothing is more urgent today than to resolve the conflict over Ukraine before it spills over into something much worse. As Barbara Tuchman once
- TORONTO—Nothing is more urgent today than to resolve the conflict over Ukraine before it spills over into something much worse. As Barbara Tuchman once
- TORONTO—Nothing is more urgent today than to resolve the conflict over Ukraine before it spills over into something much worse. As Barbara Tuchman once
- TORONTO—Unlike the founding provinces of Confederation, Alberta was created by the federal government. Although Ottawa granted Alberta control of its natural resources in 1930,
- TORONTO—Unlike the founding provinces of Confederation, Alberta was created by the federal government. Although Ottawa granted Alberta control of its natural resources in 1930,
- TORONTO—Unlike the founding provinces of Confederation, Alberta was created by the federal government. Although Ottawa granted Alberta control of its natural resources in 1930,
- Re: “The problem with the ballot,” by Nelson Wiseman, (The Hill Times, Jan.17, p.11). For decades, Canadian political scientists have muddied the date of when
Opinion | January 24, 2022
Opinion | January 24, 2022
- Re: “The problem with the ballot,” by Nelson Wiseman, (The Hill Times, Jan.17, p.11). For decades, Canadian political scientists have muddied the date of when
Opinion | January 24, 2022
- Re: “The problem with the ballot,” by Nelson Wiseman, (The Hill Times, Jan.17, p.11). For decades, Canadian political scientists have muddied the date of when
- OTTAWA—On Jan. 1, hundreds of jubilant revellers gathered in Kyiv, Lviv, and numerous other Ukrainian cities and towns. They were not celebrating the arrival
- OTTAWA—On Jan. 1, hundreds of jubilant revellers gathered in Kyiv, Lviv, and numerous other Ukrainian cities and towns. They were not celebrating the arrival
- OTTAWA—On Jan. 1, hundreds of jubilant revellers gathered in Kyiv, Lviv, and numerous other Ukrainian cities and towns. They were not celebrating the arrival
- Unless you’re the billionaire owner of an online retail site, chances are you suffered during the last two years. Even those who were lucky
- Unless you’re the billionaire owner of an online retail site, chances are you suffered during the last two years. Even those who were lucky
- Unless you’re the billionaire owner of an online retail site, chances are you suffered during the last two years. Even those who were lucky
- For the second consecutive year, the pandemic has parlayed the party for the annual Politics and the Pen event into a literally more sober
FeatureBY | September 22, 2021
FeatureBY | September 22, 2021
- For the second consecutive year, the pandemic has parlayed the party for the annual Politics and the Pen event into a literally more sober
FeatureBY | September 22, 2021
- For the second consecutive year, the pandemic has parlayed the party for the annual Politics and the Pen event into a literally more sober
- Canada’s political podcasts are tightening their focus and picking up the pace during the 2021 election campaign, and their hosts say the podcast platform
- Canada’s political podcasts are tightening their focus and picking up the pace during the 2021 election campaign, and their hosts say the podcast platform
- Canada’s political podcasts are tightening their focus and picking up the pace during the 2021 election campaign, and their hosts say the podcast platform
- Following the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, the Haitian ambassador in Ottawa says there is a role for Canada in helping the Caribbean
- Following the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, the Haitian ambassador in Ottawa says there is a role for Canada in helping the Caribbean
- Following the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, the Haitian ambassador in Ottawa says there is a role for Canada in helping the Caribbean
