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Thomas Walkom is a columnist for The Toronto Star.

Climate fears are real so the filthy oilsands must close

  • TORONTO—In Poland, Canada and close to 200 other nations are making a last-ditch effort to save the world from devastating climate change. At home,
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | December 10, 2018
Government-mandated production cuts and government-purchased rail tanker cars can keep the oilsands limping along. But in a world whose very existence is threatened by the greenhouse gases this industry creates, the more sensible option is to shut it down, writes Thomas Walkom. The Hill Times file photograph

Climate fears are real so the filthy oilsands must close

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | December 10, 2018
  • TORONTO—In Poland, Canada and close to 200 other nations are making a last-ditch effort to save the world from devastating climate change. At home,

Climate fears are real so the filthy oilsands must close

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | December 10, 2018
  • TORONTO—In Poland, Canada and close to 200 other nations are making a last-ditch effort to save the world from devastating climate change. At home,
Government-mandated production cuts and government-purchased rail tanker cars can keep the oilsands limping along. But in a world whose very existence is threatened by the greenhouse gases this industry creates, the more sensible option is to shut it down, writes Thomas Walkom. The Hill Times file photograph

Climate fears are real so the filthy oilsands must close

  • TORONTO—In Poland, Canada and close to 200 other nations are making a last-ditch effort to save the world from devastating climate change. At home,
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | December 10, 2018
Government-mandated production cuts and government-purchased rail tanker cars can keep the oilsands limping along. But in a world whose very existence is threatened by the greenhouse gases this industry creates, the more sensible option is to shut it down, writes Thomas Walkom. The Hill Times file photograph

Climate fears are real so the filthy oilsands must close

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | December 10, 2018
  • TORONTO—In Poland, Canada and close to 200 other nations are making a last-ditch effort to save the world from devastating climate change. At home,

Climate fears are real so the filthy oilsands must close

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | December 10, 2018
  • TORONTO—In Poland, Canada and close to 200 other nations are making a last-ditch effort to save the world from devastating climate change. At home,
Government-mandated production cuts and government-purchased rail tanker cars can keep the oilsands limping along. But in a world whose very existence is threatened by the greenhouse gases this industry creates, the more sensible option is to shut it down, writes Thomas Walkom. The Hill Times file photograph

PCs’ vague climate plan might just be ‘for the people’

  • TORONTO—Doug Ford’s climate change plan is sorely lacking. It is not entirely a bust. As York University environmentalist Mark Winfield writes, the Ontario premier’s
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | December 10, 2018
Doug Ford's new Ontario plan is an attempt to devise a climate change solution that does not involve the carbon tax Ford campaigned against. To that end, the Progressive Conservative government has borrowed broadly and shamelessly, writes Thomas Walkom. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

PCs’ vague climate plan might just be ‘for the people’

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | December 10, 2018
  • TORONTO—Doug Ford’s climate change plan is sorely lacking. It is not entirely a bust. As York University environmentalist Mark Winfield writes, the Ontario premier’s

PCs’ vague climate plan might just be ‘for the people’

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | December 10, 2018
  • TORONTO—Doug Ford’s climate change plan is sorely lacking. It is not entirely a bust. As York University environmentalist Mark Winfield writes, the Ontario premier’s
Doug Ford's new Ontario plan is an attempt to devise a climate change solution that does not involve the carbon tax Ford campaigned against. To that end, the Progressive Conservative government has borrowed broadly and shamelessly, writes Thomas Walkom. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The left has yielded language to the right

  • The right has seized the language of social change. The left has allowed this to happen. Words like populism, which just a few years
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | November 5, 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump has become synonymous with the word populist, which once had neutral or even leftist connotations, writes Thomas Walkom. Department of Homeland Security photo via Barry Bahler

The left has yielded language to the right

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | November 5, 2018
  • The right has seized the language of social change. The left has allowed this to happen. Words like populism, which just a few years

The left has yielded language to the right

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | November 5, 2018
  • The right has seized the language of social change. The left has allowed this to happen. Words like populism, which just a few years
U.S. President Donald Trump has become synonymous with the word populist, which once had neutral or even leftist connotations, writes Thomas Walkom. Department of Homeland Security photo via Barry Bahler

Trudeau’s new carbon tax is a can’t-lose gambit

  • TORONTO—Justin Trudeau effectively kicked off the 2019 federal election campaign Tuesday with a you-can’t-lose carbon tax pledge to voters in Ontario. Whether the prime
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 29, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured on Oct. 1, 2018. Even with a fully functioning carbon tax, the Liberal government is nowhere near meeting the targets it set for itself in the 2015 climate summit, writes Thomas Walkom. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau’s new carbon tax is a can’t-lose gambit

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 29, 2018
  • TORONTO—Justin Trudeau effectively kicked off the 2019 federal election campaign Tuesday with a you-can’t-lose carbon tax pledge to voters in Ontario. Whether the prime

Trudeau’s new carbon tax is a can’t-lose gambit

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 29, 2018
  • TORONTO—Justin Trudeau effectively kicked off the 2019 federal election campaign Tuesday with a you-can’t-lose carbon tax pledge to voters in Ontario. Whether the prime
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured on Oct. 1, 2018. Even with a fully functioning carbon tax, the Liberal government is nowhere near meeting the targets it set for itself in the 2015 climate summit, writes Thomas Walkom. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Jagmeet Singh digs himself a deep hole

  • TORONTO—New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh has opened a new can of worms. His decision to bar sitting MP Erin Weir from contesting the
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | September 17, 2018
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured in this file photo on the Hill, was willing to bring Weir back into the fold if he apologized contritely, but changed his mind when the Regina MP dared to publicly defend himself against one of the four. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Jagmeet Singh digs himself a deep hole

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | September 17, 2018
  • TORONTO—New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh has opened a new can of worms. His decision to bar sitting MP Erin Weir from contesting the

Jagmeet Singh digs himself a deep hole

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | September 17, 2018
  • TORONTO—New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh has opened a new can of worms. His decision to bar sitting MP Erin Weir from contesting the
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured in this file photo on the Hill, was willing to bring Weir back into the fold if he apologized contritely, but changed his mind when the Regina MP dared to publicly defend himself against one of the four. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau is supporting Trump’s military agenda

  • TORONTO—The dispute between Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau over Canada’s financial contribution to NATO is a sideshow. The real story is that Canada is
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | July 23, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 31 in Ottawa with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freehand, has dismissed Donald Trump’s demands that Canada and other NATO members spend at least two per cent of their entire economic output on defence—and rightly so. For Canada, that sum amounts to roughly $44-billion—$5-billion more than the federal government spends on medicare each year. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau is supporting Trump’s military agenda

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | July 23, 2018
  • TORONTO—The dispute between Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau over Canada’s financial contribution to NATO is a sideshow. The real story is that Canada is

Trudeau is supporting Trump’s military agenda

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | July 23, 2018
  • TORONTO—The dispute between Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau over Canada’s financial contribution to NATO is a sideshow. The real story is that Canada is
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 31 in Ottawa with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freehand, has dismissed Donald Trump’s demands that Canada and other NATO members spend at least two per cent of their entire economic output on defence—and rightly so. For Canada, that sum amounts to roughly $44-billion—$5-billion more than the federal government spends on medicare each year. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trump has a point about NATO reliance on Russia

  • Donald Trump has confounded his NATO partners and is now on his way to make nice with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. The U.S. president’s many
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | July 16, 2018
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Donald Trump, and U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May pose for a photo during the 2017 G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. European companies are currently working with a Russian state enterprise to build a natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, the Nord Stream 2. Photograph by Shealah Craighead, courtesy of the White House

Trump has a point about NATO reliance on Russia

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | July 16, 2018
  • Donald Trump has confounded his NATO partners and is now on his way to make nice with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. The U.S. president’s many

Trump has a point about NATO reliance on Russia

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | July 16, 2018
  • Donald Trump has confounded his NATO partners and is now on his way to make nice with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. The U.S. president’s many
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Donald Trump, and U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May pose for a photo during the 2017 G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. European companies are currently working with a Russian state enterprise to build a natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, the Nord Stream 2. Photograph by Shealah Craighead, courtesy of the White House

What is the point of NATO?

  • TORONTO—Donald Trump says too many NATO countries, including Canada, don’t pay their fair share of defence costs. The U.S. president is right about that.
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | July 9, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Gage Skidmore

What is the point of NATO?

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | July 9, 2018
  • TORONTO—Donald Trump says too many NATO countries, including Canada, don’t pay their fair share of defence costs. The U.S. president is right about that.

What is the point of NATO?

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | July 9, 2018
  • TORONTO—Donald Trump says too many NATO countries, including Canada, don’t pay their fair share of defence costs. The U.S. president is right about that.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Signs are not hopeful on animal testing

  • A bill that would ban the manufacture and sale of cosmetic products that rely on animal testing has finally cleared the Senate. It took
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | June 25, 2018
Conservative Senator Carolyn Stewart Olsen is behind a bill that seeks to ban the manufacture and sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals. The Hill Times file photograph

Signs are not hopeful on animal testing

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | June 25, 2018
  • A bill that would ban the manufacture and sale of cosmetic products that rely on animal testing has finally cleared the Senate. It took

Signs are not hopeful on animal testing

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | June 25, 2018
  • A bill that would ban the manufacture and sale of cosmetic products that rely on animal testing has finally cleared the Senate. It took
Conservative Senator Carolyn Stewart Olsen is behind a bill that seeks to ban the manufacture and sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals. The Hill Times file photograph

In speech before D.C. crowd, Freeland spoke the truth, but were U.S. policymakers listening?

  • It’s not often that a Canadian foreign affairs minister says anything important. But Chrystia Freeland did Wednesday when she told Americans point blank that their days
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | June 15, 2018
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland was in Washington, D.C., earlier this week, where she delivered a speech before a Foreign Policy magazine forum. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

In speech before D.C. crowd, Freeland spoke the truth, but were U.S. policymakers listening?

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | June 15, 2018
  • It’s not often that a Canadian foreign affairs minister says anything important. But Chrystia Freeland did Wednesday when she told Americans point blank that their days

In speech before D.C. crowd, Freeland spoke the truth, but were U.S. policymakers listening?

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | June 15, 2018
  • It’s not often that a Canadian foreign affairs minister says anything important. But Chrystia Freeland did Wednesday when she told Americans point blank that their days
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland was in Washington, D.C., earlier this week, where she delivered a speech before a Foreign Policy magazine forum. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

Ontario voters face stark choice, but we’ll be OK

  • Ontarians are faced with a starkly simple choice Thursday. Do they want Tory leader Doug Ford to be their premier? Or do they want
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | June 6, 2018
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, left, is expected to lose in the election on Thursday, leaving PC leader Doug Ford, middle, and NDP leader Andrea Horwath to fight it out. The Hill Times file photograph and photographs by Andrew Meade

Ontario voters face stark choice, but we’ll be OK

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | June 6, 2018
  • Ontarians are faced with a starkly simple choice Thursday. Do they want Tory leader Doug Ford to be their premier? Or do they want

Ontario voters face stark choice, but we’ll be OK

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | June 6, 2018
  • Ontarians are faced with a starkly simple choice Thursday. Do they want Tory leader Doug Ford to be their premier? Or do they want
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, left, is expected to lose in the election on Thursday, leaving PC leader Doug Ford, middle, and NDP leader Andrea Horwath to fight it out. The Hill Times file photograph and photographs by Andrew Meade

A mistake to nationalize Trans Mountain pipeline

  • The federal government’s decision to nationalize the Trans Mountain pipeline is deeply flawed. It is flawed politically because it doesn’t solve the real problem—which
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | June 4, 2018
For Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government, the Trans Mountain expansion represented a historic compromise: Alberta would sign on to Ottawa’s climate-change agenda; in return, the federal government would guarantee the province a new pipeline to get tar-sands bitumen to market, writes Thomas Walkom. The Hill Times by Andrew Meade

A mistake to nationalize Trans Mountain pipeline

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | June 4, 2018
  • The federal government’s decision to nationalize the Trans Mountain pipeline is deeply flawed. It is flawed politically because it doesn’t solve the real problem—which

A mistake to nationalize Trans Mountain pipeline

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | June 4, 2018
  • The federal government’s decision to nationalize the Trans Mountain pipeline is deeply flawed. It is flawed politically because it doesn’t solve the real problem—which
For Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government, the Trans Mountain expansion represented a historic compromise: Alberta would sign on to Ottawa’s climate-change agenda; in return, the federal government would guarantee the province a new pipeline to get tar-sands bitumen to market, writes Thomas Walkom. The Hill Times by Andrew Meade

Vulnerable Ford must produce economic plan

  • TORONTO—When Ontario’s election campaign began earlier this month, it was enough for Tory leader Doug Ford to be the anti-Wynne. A good many Ontarians
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | May 28, 2018
Like the Liberals before him, Doug Ford promises to develop the so-called Ring of Fire mining region near James Bay. But like the Liberals before him, he doesn’t say how. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Vulnerable Ford must produce economic plan

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | May 28, 2018
  • TORONTO—When Ontario’s election campaign began earlier this month, it was enough for Tory leader Doug Ford to be the anti-Wynne. A good many Ontarians

Vulnerable Ford must produce economic plan

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | May 28, 2018
  • TORONTO—When Ontario’s election campaign began earlier this month, it was enough for Tory leader Doug Ford to be the anti-Wynne. A good many Ontarians
Like the Liberals before him, Doug Ford promises to develop the so-called Ring of Fire mining region near James Bay. But like the Liberals before him, he doesn’t say how. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Ducking the solution to sky-high auto insurance

  • The Liberals and New Democrats vaguely promise to lower Ontario’s sky-high auto insurance rates. Yet for reasons of history and embarrassment, neither is promoting
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | May 22, 2018
Photo via Pexels

Ducking the solution to sky-high auto insurance

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | May 22, 2018
  • The Liberals and New Democrats vaguely promise to lower Ontario’s sky-high auto insurance rates. Yet for reasons of history and embarrassment, neither is promoting

Ducking the solution to sky-high auto insurance

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | May 22, 2018
  • The Liberals and New Democrats vaguely promise to lower Ontario’s sky-high auto insurance rates. Yet for reasons of history and embarrassment, neither is promoting
Photo via Pexels

Canada should get aboard the Korean peace train

  • TORONTO—Donald Trump has threatened to walk out of nuclear talks with North Korea unless Washington gets everything it wants. He may be too late.
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | May 14, 2018
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-In, pictured on April 27 in Panmunjeom at their historic meeting. The upcoming June 12 summit in Singapore between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un will be important. No question about that. America is a major force in the region. As well, it and other members of the 1950-53 UN Command (including Canada) are still technically at war with North Korea, writes Thomas Walkom. Photo courtesy of Flickr

Canada should get aboard the Korean peace train

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | May 14, 2018
  • TORONTO—Donald Trump has threatened to walk out of nuclear talks with North Korea unless Washington gets everything it wants. He may be too late.

Canada should get aboard the Korean peace train

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | May 14, 2018
  • TORONTO—Donald Trump has threatened to walk out of nuclear talks with North Korea unless Washington gets everything it wants. He may be too late.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-In, pictured on April 27 in Panmunjeom at their historic meeting. The upcoming June 12 summit in Singapore between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un will be important. No question about that. America is a major force in the region. As well, it and other members of the 1950-53 UN Command (including Canada) are still technically at war with North Korea, writes Thomas Walkom. Photo courtesy of Flickr

Pipeline politics pit profits against planet

  • TORONTO—The proposed Trans Mountain heavy-oil pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific Coast has law, economics, and the Constitution on its side. It has been
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | April 16, 2018
Alberta’s NDP Premier Rachel Notley needs the Trans Mountain pipeline built if she is to have a chance of winning the next election. The Hill Times file photograph

Pipeline politics pit profits against planet

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | April 16, 2018
  • TORONTO—The proposed Trans Mountain heavy-oil pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific Coast has law, economics, and the Constitution on its side. It has been

Pipeline politics pit profits against planet

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | April 16, 2018
  • TORONTO—The proposed Trans Mountain heavy-oil pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific Coast has law, economics, and the Constitution on its side. It has been
Alberta’s NDP Premier Rachel Notley needs the Trans Mountain pipeline built if she is to have a chance of winning the next election. The Hill Times file photograph

Canada turfed Russian envoys for telling the truth

  • TORONTO—We now know how the Russians have been subverting Canadian democracy. They have been propagating truthful news. That information comes courtesy of Prime Minister
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | April 9, 2018
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland’s maternal grandfather, Michael Chomiak, was a Nazi collaborator during the Second World War. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called this an effort 'by Russian propagandists' to smear Ms. Freeland, which perhaps it was. PMO photograph courtesy Adam Scotti

Canada turfed Russian envoys for telling the truth

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | April 9, 2018
  • TORONTO—We now know how the Russians have been subverting Canadian democracy. They have been propagating truthful news. That information comes courtesy of Prime Minister

Canada turfed Russian envoys for telling the truth

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | April 9, 2018
  • TORONTO—We now know how the Russians have been subverting Canadian democracy. They have been propagating truthful news. That information comes courtesy of Prime Minister
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland’s maternal grandfather, Michael Chomiak, was a Nazi collaborator during the Second World War. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called this an effort 'by Russian propagandists' to smear Ms. Freeland, which perhaps it was. PMO photograph courtesy Adam Scotti

The important difference between Trump and Ford

  • TORONTO—Forget the comparisons to Donald Trump. Doug Ford, Ontario’s new Progressive Conservative leader, is very much a homegrown phenomenon. If he and his party
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | March 19, 2018
Forget the comparisons to Donald Trump. Doug Ford, Ontario's new Progressive Conservative leader, is very much a homegrown phenomenon. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The important difference between Trump and Ford

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | March 19, 2018
  • TORONTO—Forget the comparisons to Donald Trump. Doug Ford, Ontario’s new Progressive Conservative leader, is very much a homegrown phenomenon. If he and his party

The important difference between Trump and Ford

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | March 19, 2018
  • TORONTO—Forget the comparisons to Donald Trump. Doug Ford, Ontario’s new Progressive Conservative leader, is very much a homegrown phenomenon. If he and his party
Forget the comparisons to Donald Trump. Doug Ford, Ontario's new Progressive Conservative leader, is very much a homegrown phenomenon. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

On NAFTA, Canada agrees to discuss the unthinkable

  • Canada seems to be quietly backing down on the North American Free Trade Agreement. It is now willing to bargain U.S. demands that the
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | January 15, 2018
Mexico's Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo, left, Canada's Minister of Foriegn Affairs Chrystia Freeland, centre, and U.S. ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer, right, give a joint statement on Sept. 27, 2017 at the end of the third round of negotiations to rework NAFTA. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

On NAFTA, Canada agrees to discuss the unthinkable

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | January 15, 2018
  • Canada seems to be quietly backing down on the North American Free Trade Agreement. It is now willing to bargain U.S. demands that the

On NAFTA, Canada agrees to discuss the unthinkable

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | January 15, 2018
  • Canada seems to be quietly backing down on the North American Free Trade Agreement. It is now willing to bargain U.S. demands that the
Mexico's Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo, left, Canada's Minister of Foriegn Affairs Chrystia Freeland, centre, and U.S. ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer, right, give a joint statement on Sept. 27, 2017 at the end of the third round of negotiations to rework NAFTA. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Anti-niqab law brings Trumpism to Canada

  • The worst of Trumpism has come to Canada. It has come in the form of a Quebec law that, under the guise of promoting
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 23, 2017
Thomas Walkom writes that the real aim of recently passed Bill 62 is to pander to anti-Islamic prejudice by singling out those Muslim women who, for religious reasons, veil their faces. Among other things, the law would prevent women wearing niqabs, pictured, and burkas in Quebec from using public transportation—unless they receive special authorization. Ji-Elle/Wikimedia Commons photograph

Anti-niqab law brings Trumpism to Canada

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 23, 2017
  • The worst of Trumpism has come to Canada. It has come in the form of a Quebec law that, under the guise of promoting

Anti-niqab law brings Trumpism to Canada

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 23, 2017
  • The worst of Trumpism has come to Canada. It has come in the form of a Quebec law that, under the guise of promoting
Thomas Walkom writes that the real aim of recently passed Bill 62 is to pander to anti-Islamic prejudice by singling out those Muslim women who, for religious reasons, veil their faces. Among other things, the law would prevent women wearing niqabs, pictured, and burkas in Quebec from using public transportation—unless they receive special authorization. Ji-Elle/Wikimedia Commons photograph

Bombardier jet giveaway hands Trump another win

  • TORONTO—Score another win for Donald Trump’s high-handed version of protectionism. Monday’s decision by Montreal-based Bombardier to give away control over its much-vaunted C Series
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 23, 2017
Score another win for Donald Trump's high-handed version of protectionism. Monday's decision by Montreal-based Bombardier to give away control over its much-vaunted C Series jet virtually guarantees that the U.S. will get the lion's share of any new jobs created. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Bombardier jet giveaway hands Trump another win

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 23, 2017
  • TORONTO—Score another win for Donald Trump’s high-handed version of protectionism. Monday’s decision by Montreal-based Bombardier to give away control over its much-vaunted C Series

Bombardier jet giveaway hands Trump another win

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 23, 2017
  • TORONTO—Score another win for Donald Trump’s high-handed version of protectionism. Monday’s decision by Montreal-based Bombardier to give away control over its much-vaunted C Series
Score another win for Donald Trump's high-handed version of protectionism. Monday's decision by Montreal-based Bombardier to give away control over its much-vaunted C Series jet virtually guarantees that the U.S. will get the lion's share of any new jobs created. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

At least Bill Morneau attempted tax reform

  • Bill Morneau may not be the world’s most adept politician. But as federal finance minister, his truncated tax reforms are at least still going,
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 20, 2017
Finance Minister Bill Morneau's promised changes to the government's tax plan were unveiled this week, as the Liberals continue to grapple with the political fallout from the proposed reforms. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

At least Bill Morneau attempted tax reform

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 20, 2017
  • Bill Morneau may not be the world’s most adept politician. But as federal finance minister, his truncated tax reforms are at least still going,

At least Bill Morneau attempted tax reform

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 20, 2017
  • Bill Morneau may not be the world’s most adept politician. But as federal finance minister, his truncated tax reforms are at least still going,
Finance Minister Bill Morneau's promised changes to the government's tax plan were unveiled this week, as the Liberals continue to grapple with the political fallout from the proposed reforms. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada has options if Trump kills NAFTA

  • TORONTO—If U.S. President Donald Trump deep-sixes the North American Free Trade Agreement, there are essentially three things that Canada can do. It can try
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 16, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured Sept. 19 at the opening day of the United Nations’ General Assembly’s annual general debate in New York. Photograph courtesy of the United Nations

Canada has options if Trump kills NAFTA

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 16, 2017
  • TORONTO—If U.S. President Donald Trump deep-sixes the North American Free Trade Agreement, there are essentially three things that Canada can do. It can try

Canada has options if Trump kills NAFTA

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 16, 2017
  • TORONTO—If U.S. President Donald Trump deep-sixes the North American Free Trade Agreement, there are essentially three things that Canada can do. It can try
U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured Sept. 19 at the opening day of the United Nations’ General Assembly’s annual general debate in New York. Photograph courtesy of the United Nations

How North Korea has impacted Japan’s election

  • TOKYO—The North Korean crisis has thrown Japan’s beleaguered Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a lifeline. But it is a slippery one. Just three months ago,
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 2, 2017

How North Korea has impacted Japan’s election

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 2, 2017
  • TOKYO—The North Korean crisis has thrown Japan’s beleaguered Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a lifeline. But it is a slippery one. Just three months ago,

How North Korea has impacted Japan’s election

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 2, 2017
  • TOKYO—The North Korean crisis has thrown Japan’s beleaguered Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a lifeline. But it is a slippery one. Just three months ago,

Suu Kyi’s Rohingya reaction tarnishes a respected image

  • TORONTO—Another idol bites the dust. The world had been told that Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi was a heroine of democracy and human
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | September 18, 2017
The world had been told that Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, pictured with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on June 7, 2017, was a heroine of democracy and human rights. Now it turns out that her idea of human rights doesn't include the roughly 1.1 million Rohingya Muslims living in Burma's western state of Rakhine. Photograph courtesy of the PMO

Suu Kyi’s Rohingya reaction tarnishes a respected image

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | September 18, 2017
  • TORONTO—Another idol bites the dust. The world had been told that Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi was a heroine of democracy and human

Suu Kyi’s Rohingya reaction tarnishes a respected image

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | September 18, 2017
  • TORONTO—Another idol bites the dust. The world had been told that Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi was a heroine of democracy and human
The world had been told that Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, pictured with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on June 7, 2017, was a heroine of democracy and human rights. Now it turns out that her idea of human rights doesn't include the roughly 1.1 million Rohingya Muslims living in Burma's western state of Rakhine. Photograph courtesy of the PMO

Trump’s NAFTA hatred may help Canada

  • TORONTO—In a strange way, Donald Trump’s disdain for the North American Free Trade Agreement may do Canada a favour. He may end up forcing
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | September 11, 2017

Trump’s NAFTA hatred may help Canada

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | September 11, 2017
  • TORONTO—In a strange way, Donald Trump’s disdain for the North American Free Trade Agreement may do Canada a favour. He may end up forcing

Trump’s NAFTA hatred may help Canada

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | September 11, 2017
  • TORONTO—In a strange way, Donald Trump’s disdain for the North American Free Trade Agreement may do Canada a favour. He may end up forcing

Trudeau looks to 20-year-old report for cues on Indigenous policy

  • TORONTO—Justin Trudeau’s Indigenous strategy has suddenly become clearer. He is taking his cues from a road map laid out more than two decades ago
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | September 4, 2017
When the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People's issued a report in 1996, prime minister Jean Chrétien’s austerity-focused Liberal government had no interest in spending the billions of dollars on Indigenous people that it called for, writes Thomas Walkom. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Trudeau looks to 20-year-old report for cues on Indigenous policy

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | September 4, 2017
  • TORONTO—Justin Trudeau’s Indigenous strategy has suddenly become clearer. He is taking his cues from a road map laid out more than two decades ago

Trudeau looks to 20-year-old report for cues on Indigenous policy

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | September 4, 2017
  • TORONTO—Justin Trudeau’s Indigenous strategy has suddenly become clearer. He is taking his cues from a road map laid out more than two decades ago
When the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People's issued a report in 1996, prime minister Jean Chrétien’s austerity-focused Liberal government had no interest in spending the billions of dollars on Indigenous people that it called for, writes Thomas Walkom. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
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U.K. war report shows how NATO ruined Libya

  • TORONTO—We didn’t need the reminder but we got it anyway. A British parliamentary committee has told the world just how ill-advised was the 2011
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | September 19, 2016
U.S. President Barack Obama once famously called the Libyan war ‘a shit show.’ The show, it seems, goes on. The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright

U.K. war report shows how NATO ruined Libya

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | September 19, 2016
  • TORONTO—We didn’t need the reminder but we got it anyway. A British parliamentary committee has told the world just how ill-advised was the 2011

U.K. war report shows how NATO ruined Libya

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | September 19, 2016
  • TORONTO—We didn’t need the reminder but we got it anyway. A British parliamentary committee has told the world just how ill-advised was the 2011
U.S. President Barack Obama once famously called the Libyan war ‘a shit show.’ The show, it seems, goes on. The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright

The mystery of Americans’ distaste for Hillary Clinton

  • TORONTO—Republicans loathe her. Democrats suspect her. Polls show her to be one of the most unpopular presidential candidates in modern American history. What is
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | July 28, 2016
Clinton has long been controversial. As first lady to former president Bill Clinton, she played an unusually visible role in government—in particular masterminding a health-care reform package that ultimately failed, writes Walkom. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons by Gage Skidmore

The mystery of Americans’ distaste for Hillary Clinton

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | July 28, 2016
  • TORONTO—Republicans loathe her. Democrats suspect her. Polls show her to be one of the most unpopular presidential candidates in modern American history. What is

The mystery of Americans’ distaste for Hillary Clinton

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | July 28, 2016
  • TORONTO—Republicans loathe her. Democrats suspect her. Polls show her to be one of the most unpopular presidential candidates in modern American history. What is
Clinton has long been controversial. As first lady to former president Bill Clinton, she played an unusually visible role in government—in particular masterminding a health-care reform package that ultimately failed, writes Walkom. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons by Gage Skidmore

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