Sep 30, 2020
Former MP Rob Anders faces tax evasion charges
David J. Climenhaga
Anders faces five separate charges related to tax evasion, mostly alleged to have taken place during the years he was in Ottawa.
Politics in Canada
Sep 29, 2020
Warplane purchase schedule on target, while water for First Nations could be delayed
Brent Patterson
The Canadian government's purchase of new warplanes is on an "aggressive" schedule, while its promise to end long-term boil water advisories could be delayed.
Sep 29, 2020
Throne speech signals Canada's support for new nuclear reactors as opposition builds
Susan O'Donnell
Given its legacy of toxic radioactive waste, nuclear energy would not be considered "clean technology" by most Canadians. However the nuclear industry has been working hard to scrub its image.
Sep 29, 2020
Alberta's bad economic ideas make their mark on the B.C. Liberals' election campaign
David J. Climenhaga
Andrew Wilkinson, leader of the right-wing B.C. Liberals, is campaigning on a promise to cut the provincial sales tax.
Sep 25, 2020
Canada is no longer calling the shots when it comes to equitable global access to the COVID-19 vaccine
Adam R. Houston
Srinivas Murthy
Justin Trudeau's assertion that "to eliminate the virus anywhere, we need to eliminate it everywhere" somehow doesn’t feel like the inspirational commitment to equitable access it once did.
Sep 25, 2020
Doug Ford should take a serious shot at himself
Ford puts blame for the mess we're back into on individuals. But the difference between them and him is they didn't have the capacity to alleviate or screw up the lives of a whole province.
Sep 25, 2020
Throne speech has much to offer the labour movement if promises come through, experts say
Chelsea Nash
The labour movement clearly has the ear of the Trudeau government, some observers say.
Sep 25, 2020
Throne speech: Trudeau government signals important changes, but may buckle to demands of elites
Bruce Campbell
The Liberal government will need to be pushed towards transformative change by widespread political mobilization and a paradigm shift as occurred at the end of the Second World War.
Sep 28, 2020
Canada has a war crimes problem
Two new reports on Canadian weapons exports reveal that Canadian-based corporate entities are complicit in the commission of war crimes in Yemen, Turkey, Libya, Syria and Iraq.
Sep 24, 2020
Trudeau rallied Canadians to fight the second wave of COVID-19 but his throne speech lacked detail
Karl Nerenberg
Based on the speech, it is hard to believe that there was any need to cut the previous parliamentary session short -- except to put a stop to committees that were looking into the WE affair.
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