Brian Mulroney’s tenure as prime minister from 1984 to 1993 demonstrates the appropriateness of the hoary Chinese curse “May you live in interesting times.” For Mulroney was prime minister at a time ...

In the few short weeks since his second inauguration, Donald Trump has done so much to weaken Canada-U.S. relations that our southern ally – alongside whom we fought world wars and navigated global ...

The day before Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized in 2008 for the harms done to Indigenous children in residential schools, I was in Ottawa’s Beechwood Cemetery, visiting the grave of Peter ...

OTTAWA – Treasury Board President Anita Anand will propose legislative changes to the public service pension plan in the fall so border officers and hundreds of other workers can retire with pensions ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian researchers contributed to the development and refinement of genomic tools used to track SARS-CoV-2 variants internationally. Yet in many low- and middle-income ...

The emerging breadth and depth of Russian disinformation tactics represent a clear and present danger to Canadian sovereignty and freedom. Just as troubling, some Canadians consider Canada immune to ...

Too often, our only exposure to public policy experts is in the handful of quotes slipped into articles or short soundbites included in on-air news reports. The Policy Options Podcast gives listeners ...

In September, Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a list of nation-building projects to be fast-tracked, including investments in liquefied natural gas, mines and ports. His government’s emphasis on ...

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OTTAWA – John Hannaford, the first Gen Xer to head Canada’s public service after decades of Baby Boomer dominance, thinks it’s time for a reaffirmation of the values and ethics of an upstanding public ...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith waited precisely one day after Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney’s federal election victory in April before introducing Bill 54, the Election Statutes Amendment Act, ...

When the French and the British started staking their land claims on Turtle Island, they also began what became a centuries-long, surreptitious and destructive practice of interfering with Indigenous ...