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We must begin to curb the power of corporations

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The revelations of the Paradise papers, the earlier Panama Papers and numerous articles in the western mainstream and alternative media demonstrate just
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | December 4, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pictured recently walking down the stairway from his Centre Block office into the House Chamber. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

We must begin to curb the power of corporations

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | December 4, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The revelations of the Paradise papers, the earlier Panama Papers and numerous articles in the western mainstream and alternative media demonstrate just

We must begin to curb the power of corporations

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | December 4, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The revelations of the Paradise papers, the earlier Panama Papers and numerous articles in the western mainstream and alternative media demonstrate just
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pictured recently walking down the stairway from his Centre Block office into the House Chamber. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Is Trudeau ready for a Middle East war?

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The world is now at the mercy of a coalition of three of the most dangerous autocrats on the planet: Donald Trump,
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | November 20, 2017
The world is now at the mercy of a coalition of three of the most dangerous autocrats on the planet: Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabia’s new absolute ruler Mohammad bin Salman a name that will become increasingly familiar as the months go by. Photographs courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

Is Trudeau ready for a Middle East war?

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | November 20, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The world is now at the mercy of a coalition of three of the most dangerous autocrats on the planet: Donald Trump,

Is Trudeau ready for a Middle East war?

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | November 20, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The world is now at the mercy of a coalition of three of the most dangerous autocrats on the planet: Donald Trump,
The world is now at the mercy of a coalition of three of the most dangerous autocrats on the planet: Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabia’s new absolute ruler Mohammad bin Salman a name that will become increasingly familiar as the months go by. Photographs courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

Can you say ‘conflict of interest’? Not at the UN

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—When it comes to measures seriously addressing climate change Canadians have pretty low expectations. They know that oil companies have the ear
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | November 6, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pictured on the Hill recently. The next time you feel confident that at least at the United Nations, the global public interest, is being defended remember that our 'sunny ways' government sees big oil as a partner in, well, curbing big oil. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Can you say ‘conflict of interest’? Not at the UN

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | November 6, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—When it comes to measures seriously addressing climate change Canadians have pretty low expectations. They know that oil companies have the ear

Can you say ‘conflict of interest’? Not at the UN

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | November 6, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—When it comes to measures seriously addressing climate change Canadians have pretty low expectations. They know that oil companies have the ear
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pictured on the Hill recently. The next time you feel confident that at least at the United Nations, the global public interest, is being defended remember that our 'sunny ways' government sees big oil as a partner in, well, curbing big oil. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Yes, we need to tax the rich

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—You have to hand it to the rich in dealing with the tax reforms proposed by the Liberals. They didn’t even have
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | October 23, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in this file photo in Ottawa outside the National Press Theatre. Mr. Trudeau has to realize he can’t deliver sunny days and win the next election without first weathering a political storm, writes Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Yes, we need to tax the rich

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | October 23, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—You have to hand it to the rich in dealing with the tax reforms proposed by the Liberals. They didn’t even have

Yes, we need to tax the rich

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | October 23, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—You have to hand it to the rich in dealing with the tax reforms proposed by the Liberals. They didn’t even have
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in this file photo in Ottawa outside the National Press Theatre. Mr. Trudeau has to realize he can’t deliver sunny days and win the next election without first weathering a political storm, writes Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Meet Grit MP Wayne Easter: defender of the tax avoiders

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—What is it about progressive politicians going to Ottawa only to end up as arrogant conservatives? The last encounter I had with
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | September 25, 2017
Liberal MP Wayne Easter, right, pictured in this file photograph with Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner, is head of the House Finance Committee. The Hill Times file photograph

Meet Grit MP Wayne Easter: defender of the tax avoiders

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | September 25, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—What is it about progressive politicians going to Ottawa only to end up as arrogant conservatives? The last encounter I had with

Meet Grit MP Wayne Easter: defender of the tax avoiders

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | September 25, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—What is it about progressive politicians going to Ottawa only to end up as arrogant conservatives? The last encounter I had with
Liberal MP Wayne Easter, right, pictured in this file photograph with Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner, is head of the House Finance Committee. The Hill Times file photograph

Our new Middle East policy? Get out

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—For those (mostly Christians) attracted to the idea that the ‘war on terror’ is a clash of civilizations (a poisonous notion guaranteed
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | September 11, 2017

Our new Middle East policy? Get out

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | September 11, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—For those (mostly Christians) attracted to the idea that the ‘war on terror’ is a clash of civilizations (a poisonous notion guaranteed

Our new Middle East policy? Get out

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | September 11, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—For those (mostly Christians) attracted to the idea that the ‘war on terror’ is a clash of civilizations (a poisonous notion guaranteed

The cities’ problem with CETA

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The trouble with demonizing the leader of an unpopular government is that it gives the next leader a way too much slack.
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | July 10, 2017
Do the mayors of Canada—especially those of the large cities where the first challenges are likely to arise—have any idea of the implications of CETA? If they do they seem inexplicably quiescent. The Trudeau government could have nixed the procurement chapter but chose not to. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

The cities’ problem with CETA

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | July 10, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The trouble with demonizing the leader of an unpopular government is that it gives the next leader a way too much slack.

The cities’ problem with CETA

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | July 10, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The trouble with demonizing the leader of an unpopular government is that it gives the next leader a way too much slack.
Do the mayors of Canada—especially those of the large cities where the first challenges are likely to arise—have any idea of the implications of CETA? If they do they seem inexplicably quiescent. The Trudeau government could have nixed the procurement chapter but chose not to. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Chrystia Freeland’s budgetary coup

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The arrogance of power could scarcely be more dramatically demonstrated than by the tag team of Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | June 12, 2017
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured in file photos on the Hill. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

Chrystia Freeland’s budgetary coup

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | June 12, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The arrogance of power could scarcely be more dramatically demonstrated than by the tag team of Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and

Chrystia Freeland’s budgetary coup

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | June 12, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The arrogance of power could scarcely be more dramatically demonstrated than by the tag team of Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured in file photos on the Hill. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

The NDP’s Singh and Ashton: flash versus vision

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—As the mainstream pundits are putting it, the NDP leadership race just got more interesting with the declaration by Jagmeet Singh, an
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | May 29, 2017
As the mainstream pundits are putting it, the NDP leadership race just got more interesting with the declaration by Jagmeet Singh, an Ontario NDP MPP, is in the race. He has real charisma and would break the white-only leadership barrier for the first time. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The NDP’s Singh and Ashton: flash versus vision

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | May 29, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—As the mainstream pundits are putting it, the NDP leadership race just got more interesting with the declaration by Jagmeet Singh, an

The NDP’s Singh and Ashton: flash versus vision

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | May 29, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—As the mainstream pundits are putting it, the NDP leadership race just got more interesting with the declaration by Jagmeet Singh, an
As the mainstream pundits are putting it, the NDP leadership race just got more interesting with the declaration by Jagmeet Singh, an Ontario NDP MPP, is in the race. He has real charisma and would break the white-only leadership barrier for the first time. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Is there an antidote to Trumpism?

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—Like biting on a sore tooth it seems like we cannot curb our fascination with U.S. President Donald Trump (just writing those
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | May 1, 2017
Like biting on a sore tooth it seems like we cannot curb our fascination with U.S. President Donald Trump (just writing those words seem surreal). The child-man president never disappoints in his buffoonish behaviour and exquisite inarticulateness—as in a recent AP interview, writes Murray Dobbin. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Is there an antidote to Trumpism?

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | May 1, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—Like biting on a sore tooth it seems like we cannot curb our fascination with U.S. President Donald Trump (just writing those

Is there an antidote to Trumpism?

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | May 1, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—Like biting on a sore tooth it seems like we cannot curb our fascination with U.S. President Donald Trump (just writing those
Like biting on a sore tooth it seems like we cannot curb our fascination with U.S. President Donald Trump (just writing those words seem surreal). The child-man president never disappoints in his buffoonish behaviour and exquisite inarticulateness—as in a recent AP interview, writes Murray Dobbin. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Freeland’s biases put question mark on her ability as Foreign Affairs minister

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The irrational has begun to dominate our politics as if the American virus has stealthily moved north to infect our national narratives.
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | April 24, 2017
Murray Dobbin writes the Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is 'totally blinded' by her bias against Russia. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Freeland’s biases put question mark on her ability as Foreign Affairs minister

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | April 24, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The irrational has begun to dominate our politics as if the American virus has stealthily moved north to infect our national narratives.

Freeland’s biases put question mark on her ability as Foreign Affairs minister

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | April 24, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The irrational has begun to dominate our politics as if the American virus has stealthily moved north to infect our national narratives.
Murray Dobbin writes the Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is 'totally blinded' by her bias against Russia. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Who will speak for the working class?

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—A recent report out of the United States raises questions about politicians’ obsession with the state of the middle class and highlights
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | April 3, 2017
Finance Minister Bill Morneau, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talk a lot about the middle class, but their latest budget doesn't help young people struggling to get into or not fall out of the ranks of the middle class, writes Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Who will speak for the working class?

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | April 3, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—A recent report out of the United States raises questions about politicians’ obsession with the state of the middle class and highlights

Who will speak for the working class?

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | April 3, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—A recent report out of the United States raises questions about politicians’ obsession with the state of the middle class and highlights
Finance Minister Bill Morneau, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talk a lot about the middle class, but their latest budget doesn't help young people struggling to get into or not fall out of the ranks of the middle class, writes Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

BC’s Liberals: A rogue government that must be dispatched

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The experience of anything approaching good government or robust democracy in the province of British Columbia is now such a distant memory
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | March 20, 2017
The prize for recklessness would be awarded for what Christy Clark's Liberals have done to B.C. Hydro, including, most recently, the decision to proceed at record pace with the Site ‘C’ dam project, writes Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

BC’s Liberals: A rogue government that must be dispatched

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | March 20, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The experience of anything approaching good government or robust democracy in the province of British Columbia is now such a distant memory

BC’s Liberals: A rogue government that must be dispatched

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | March 20, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The experience of anything approaching good government or robust democracy in the province of British Columbia is now such a distant memory
The prize for recklessness would be awarded for what Christy Clark's Liberals have done to B.C. Hydro, including, most recently, the decision to proceed at record pace with the Site ‘C’ dam project, writes Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Ekos poll: Canada should support Israeli sanctions not demonize them

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—Foreign policy is one of those areas of democratic governance that doesn’t often get on the public’s radar. But when it does
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | March 6, 2017
When it comes to Canada’s policy towards Israel the Trudeau government, aping its predecessor, is several country miles from reflecting Canadian values, argues columnist Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Ekos poll: Canada should support Israeli sanctions not demonize them

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | March 6, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—Foreign policy is one of those areas of democratic governance that doesn’t often get on the public’s radar. But when it does

Ekos poll: Canada should support Israeli sanctions not demonize them

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | March 6, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—Foreign policy is one of those areas of democratic governance that doesn’t often get on the public’s radar. But when it does
When it comes to Canada’s policy towards Israel the Trudeau government, aping its predecessor, is several country miles from reflecting Canadian values, argues columnist Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Canadians at odds with their government on Israel

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—As the future of Israeli Jews and Palestinians spirals down into an inevitable and inexorable apartheid struggle, Canadians are being denied what
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | February 20, 2017

Canadians at odds with their government on Israel

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | February 20, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—As the future of Israeli Jews and Palestinians spirals down into an inevitable and inexorable apartheid struggle, Canadians are being denied what

Canadians at odds with their government on Israel

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | February 20, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—As the future of Israeli Jews and Palestinians spirals down into an inevitable and inexorable apartheid struggle, Canadians are being denied what

Transformative change? It starts with community

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—As has been pointed out by too many people, 2016 was a devastating year for progressives (a homely term for all those
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | January 9, 2017
The dominant form of politics in fact reduces most people to passive consumers of politics just as they are consumers of goods. As consumers of politics rather than intentional citizens we simultaneously abdicate responsibility and end up indulging in the culture of complaint. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Transformative change? It starts with community

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | January 9, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—As has been pointed out by too many people, 2016 was a devastating year for progressives (a homely term for all those

Transformative change? It starts with community

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | January 9, 2017
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—As has been pointed out by too many people, 2016 was a devastating year for progressives (a homely term for all those
The dominant form of politics in fact reduces most people to passive consumers of politics just as they are consumers of goods. As consumers of politics rather than intentional citizens we simultaneously abdicate responsibility and end up indulging in the culture of complaint. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Economists rationalizing madness, rather than repairing it

  • In these days of economic stagnation, misery, and insecurity; housing bubbles; and the growing precariat, it seems appropriate to speculate on what Shakespeare might
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | December 19, 2016
Stephen S. Poloz, the governor of the Bank of Canada. Murray Dobbin argues that 'the Bank of Canada can accomplish one of only two possible results: nothing—by keeping rates below 1 per cent—or disaster, by raising rates and popping the housing bubble.' The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Economists rationalizing madness, rather than repairing it

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | December 19, 2016
  • In these days of economic stagnation, misery, and insecurity; housing bubbles; and the growing precariat, it seems appropriate to speculate on what Shakespeare might

Economists rationalizing madness, rather than repairing it

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | December 19, 2016
  • In these days of economic stagnation, misery, and insecurity; housing bubbles; and the growing precariat, it seems appropriate to speculate on what Shakespeare might
Stephen S. Poloz, the governor of the Bank of Canada. Murray Dobbin argues that 'the Bank of Canada can accomplish one of only two possible results: nothing—by keeping rates below 1 per cent—or disaster, by raising rates and popping the housing bubble.' The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

CETA and the Liberals’ faith-based reality

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—“Sweep away the community of honest brokers in America [and] we’ll be left with a culture and public dialogue based on assertion
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | November 28, 2016
When it comes to trade and investment deals the facts mean nothing. Chrystia Freeland simply refuses to answer questions and calls the deal 'the gold standard' of trade agreements, full stop, writes Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

CETA and the Liberals’ faith-based reality

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | November 28, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—“Sweep away the community of honest brokers in America [and] we’ll be left with a culture and public dialogue based on assertion

CETA and the Liberals’ faith-based reality

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | November 28, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—“Sweep away the community of honest brokers in America [and] we’ll be left with a culture and public dialogue based on assertion
When it comes to trade and investment deals the facts mean nothing. Chrystia Freeland simply refuses to answer questions and calls the deal 'the gold standard' of trade agreements, full stop, writes Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Are there lessons for Canada’s elites in the U.S. election?

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—Hubris: extreme pride, especially pride, and ambition so great that they offend the gods and lead to one’s downfall. In the aftermath
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | November 21, 2016
Millions of those who voted for Trump, like many of those who voted for Brexit, dealt a clumsy and crude—and largely unconscious—blow against an ideology and an era that had crushed them economically and socially and took them for granted politically. In this reality there is a great irony: a U.S. democracy widely seen to be in its death throes was used to reject the very people responsible for incrementally killing it. photograph courtesy of CNN screen capture

Are there lessons for Canada’s elites in the U.S. election?

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | November 21, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—Hubris: extreme pride, especially pride, and ambition so great that they offend the gods and lead to one’s downfall. In the aftermath

Are there lessons for Canada’s elites in the U.S. election?

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | November 21, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—Hubris: extreme pride, especially pride, and ambition so great that they offend the gods and lead to one’s downfall. In the aftermath
Millions of those who voted for Trump, like many of those who voted for Brexit, dealt a clumsy and crude—and largely unconscious—blow against an ideology and an era that had crushed them economically and socially and took them for granted politically. In this reality there is a great irony: a U.S. democracy widely seen to be in its death throes was used to reject the very people responsible for incrementally killing it. photograph courtesy of CNN screen capture

As Bruce Cockburn sang, the trouble with normal is it always gets worse

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—It’s amazing what we gradually accept as normal—even admirable—in how we treat each other in Canada. Practices that were once seen as
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | November 7, 2016
B.C. Premier Christy Clark seen in this file photo during a trip to Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

As Bruce Cockburn sang, the trouble with normal is it always gets worse

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | November 7, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—It’s amazing what we gradually accept as normal—even admirable—in how we treat each other in Canada. Practices that were once seen as

As Bruce Cockburn sang, the trouble with normal is it always gets worse

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | November 7, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—It’s amazing what we gradually accept as normal—even admirable—in how we treat each other in Canada. Practices that were once seen as
B.C. Premier Christy Clark seen in this file photo during a trip to Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

A globalization wakeup call

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—If recent mainstream economic reports are to be taken seriously, some of the big brains managing global capitalism these days are starting
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | October 3, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pictured Sept. 22, 2016, on the Hill. Canada and China are launching exploratory talks on a free-trade agreement. But the Liberal preoccupation with trade deals looks increasingly ill-considered, writes Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

A globalization wakeup call

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | October 3, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—If recent mainstream economic reports are to be taken seriously, some of the big brains managing global capitalism these days are starting

A globalization wakeup call

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | October 3, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—If recent mainstream economic reports are to be taken seriously, some of the big brains managing global capitalism these days are starting
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pictured Sept. 22, 2016, on the Hill. Canada and China are launching exploratory talks on a free-trade agreement. But the Liberal preoccupation with trade deals looks increasingly ill-considered, writes Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Glaring disconnect between economic growth trade, investment agreements

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—There is a glaring disconnect in the world between economic growth trade and investment agreements. At the same time that Canada and
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | September 19, 2016
International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured at the Three Amigos Summit in Ottawa on June 29, 2016. There is a glaring disconnect in the world between economic growth trade and investment agreements, writes Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright

Glaring disconnect between economic growth trade, investment agreements

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | September 19, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—There is a glaring disconnect in the world between economic growth trade and investment agreements. At the same time that Canada and

Glaring disconnect between economic growth trade, investment agreements

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | September 19, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—There is a glaring disconnect in the world between economic growth trade and investment agreements. At the same time that Canada and
International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured at the Three Amigos Summit in Ottawa on June 29, 2016. There is a glaring disconnect in the world between economic growth trade and investment agreements, writes Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright

‘Trade’ agreements and media groupthink

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The Trudeau government is hell bent on ratifying two massive investment agreements, CETA and the TPP, that will radically undermine Canadian democracy.
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | July 18, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, and U.S. President Barack Obama, pictured June 29 in Ottawa at the North American Leaders Summit. Canadians are being portrayed by our media as good little globalizers, supportive of these agreements in contrast with the badly behaved Brexiters and Trump and Sanders supporters, writes Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

‘Trade’ agreements and media groupthink

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | July 18, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The Trudeau government is hell bent on ratifying two massive investment agreements, CETA and the TPP, that will radically undermine Canadian democracy.

‘Trade’ agreements and media groupthink

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | July 18, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The Trudeau government is hell bent on ratifying two massive investment agreements, CETA and the TPP, that will radically undermine Canadian democracy.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, and U.S. President Barack Obama, pictured June 29 in Ottawa at the North American Leaders Summit. Canadians are being portrayed by our media as good little globalizers, supportive of these agreements in contrast with the badly behaved Brexiters and Trump and Sanders supporters, writes Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Do we really want a war with Russia?

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—Do we really want a war with Russia? No area of public policy is so shrouded in secrecy, obfuscation and outright deception
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | June 27, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 22 in Ottawa, faces an exceptionally difficult choice between now and the NATO summit on July 8-9. But if he makes the courageous one, and sides with those calling for more dialogue and diplomacy he will in the long run be on the side of the angels. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Do we really want a war with Russia?

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | June 27, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—Do we really want a war with Russia? No area of public policy is so shrouded in secrecy, obfuscation and outright deception

Do we really want a war with Russia?

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | June 27, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—Do we really want a war with Russia? No area of public policy is so shrouded in secrecy, obfuscation and outright deception
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 22 in Ottawa, faces an exceptionally difficult choice between now and the NATO summit on July 8-9. But if he makes the courageous one, and sides with those calling for more dialogue and diplomacy he will in the long run be on the side of the angels. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Israel’s silent allies are its worst enemy

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—By now, anyone even vaguely aware of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has heard the phrase “the new anti-Semitism.” It is a clever propaganda
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | June 15, 2016
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
Murray Dobbin suggests the West is giving Benjamin Netanyahu’s government carte blanche. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Israel’s silent allies are its worst enemy

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | June 15, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—By now, anyone even vaguely aware of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has heard the phrase “the new anti-Semitism.” It is a clever propaganda

Israel’s silent allies are its worst enemy

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | June 15, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—By now, anyone even vaguely aware of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has heard the phrase “the new anti-Semitism.” It is a clever propaganda
Benjamin Netanyahu
Murray Dobbin suggests the West is giving Benjamin Netanyahu’s government carte blanche. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of globalization?

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—At the height of the battle over the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) the biggest pushers of the deal, the Business Council
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | May 30, 2016
The increasing grim inequality has revealed the broken promise and American workers are pissed. That is in large part what drives the mind-boggling Trump phenomenon in the U.S. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of globalization?

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | May 30, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—At the height of the battle over the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) the biggest pushers of the deal, the Business Council

Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of globalization?

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | May 30, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—At the height of the battle over the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) the biggest pushers of the deal, the Business Council
The increasing grim inequality has revealed the broken promise and American workers are pissed. That is in large part what drives the mind-boggling Trump phenomenon in the U.S. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

The Saudi arms deal: more than meets the eye?

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—It is difficult to predict what kind of government misstep can seriously tarnish a government’s reputation. Some mistakes have legs and others,
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | May 2, 2016
There seems to be little, if any, movement on Justin Trudeau’s commitment to re-engage with Iran. In short, so far, Trudeau’s Middle East policy looks disturbingly like Stephen Harper’s, writes Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

The Saudi arms deal: more than meets the eye?

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | May 2, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—It is difficult to predict what kind of government misstep can seriously tarnish a government’s reputation. Some mistakes have legs and others,

The Saudi arms deal: more than meets the eye?

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | May 2, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—It is difficult to predict what kind of government misstep can seriously tarnish a government’s reputation. Some mistakes have legs and others,
There seems to be little, if any, movement on Justin Trudeau’s commitment to re-engage with Iran. In short, so far, Trudeau’s Middle East policy looks disturbingly like Stephen Harper’s, writes Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
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Has the NDP saved itself from irrelevance?

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—In the aftermath of Tom Mulcair’s crushing repudiation at the NDP’s convention the party enters a period of self-reflection and reinvention that
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | April 18, 2016
In the aftermath of Tom Mulcair’s crushing repudiation at the NDP’s convention the party enters a period of self-reflection and reinvention that it has never experienced before, writes Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Has the NDP saved itself from irrelevance?

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | April 18, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—In the aftermath of Tom Mulcair’s crushing repudiation at the NDP’s convention the party enters a period of self-reflection and reinvention that

Has the NDP saved itself from irrelevance?

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | April 18, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—In the aftermath of Tom Mulcair’s crushing repudiation at the NDP’s convention the party enters a period of self-reflection and reinvention that
In the aftermath of Tom Mulcair’s crushing repudiation at the NDP’s convention the party enters a period of self-reflection and reinvention that it has never experienced before, writes Murray Dobbin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Acknowledging Canada’s complicity in the Libyan catastrophe

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The dystopian situation in Libya is so persistent that when we hear news of yet another slaughter, or the fragility of the
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | March 21, 2016

Acknowledging Canada’s complicity in the Libyan catastrophe

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | March 21, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The dystopian situation in Libya is so persistent that when we hear news of yet another slaughter, or the fragility of the

Acknowledging Canada’s complicity in the Libyan catastrophe

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | March 21, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The dystopian situation in Libya is so persistent that when we hear news of yet another slaughter, or the fragility of the

Are Chrystia Freeland’s trade officials misleading her?

  •   POWELL RIVER, B.C.—What are we to make of the Trudeau government’s schizophrenic attitude towards the Trans-Pacific Partnership? Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland formally signed
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | February 8, 2016

Are Chrystia Freeland’s trade officials misleading her?

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | February 8, 2016
  •   POWELL RIVER, B.C.—What are we to make of the Trudeau government’s schizophrenic attitude towards the Trans-Pacific Partnership? Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland formally signed

Are Chrystia Freeland’s trade officials misleading her?

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | February 8, 2016
  •   POWELL RIVER, B.C.—What are we to make of the Trudeau government’s schizophrenic attitude towards the Trans-Pacific Partnership? Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland formally signed

Economy will dominate the political landscape for rest of Liberal mandate

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—Place your bets. Will Justin Trudeau and his economic advisers choose a neo-Keynesian approach to the growing economic disaster facing the country
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | January 25, 2016

Economy will dominate the political landscape for rest of Liberal mandate

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | January 25, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—Place your bets. Will Justin Trudeau and his economic advisers choose a neo-Keynesian approach to the growing economic disaster facing the country

Economy will dominate the political landscape for rest of Liberal mandate

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | January 25, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—Place your bets. Will Justin Trudeau and his economic advisers choose a neo-Keynesian approach to the growing economic disaster facing the country

Does Justin Trudeau really want fair elections?

  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—Prime Minster Justin Trudeau’s election pledge (and subsequent confirmation) that Canada will not have another election under first-past-the-post (FPTP) rules has morphed
Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | January 11, 2016
Is the fix in, is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s, and more importantly the Liberal brain trust’s, sudden love affair with electoral reform just a plan to stay in power permanently? Trudeau, as you would expect, denied any such nefarious motivation. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Does Justin Trudeau really want fair elections?

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | January 11, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—Prime Minster Justin Trudeau’s election pledge (and subsequent confirmation) that Canada will not have another election under first-past-the-post (FPTP) rules has morphed

Does Justin Trudeau really want fair elections?

Opinion | BY MURRAY DOBBIN | January 11, 2016
  • POWELL RIVER, B.C.—Prime Minster Justin Trudeau’s election pledge (and subsequent confirmation) that Canada will not have another election under first-past-the-post (FPTP) rules has morphed
Is the fix in, is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s, and more importantly the Liberal brain trust’s, sudden love affair with electoral reform just a plan to stay in power permanently? Trudeau, as you would expect, denied any such nefarious motivation. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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