Hub Exclusive: Supreme Court Justice Malcolm Rowe warns about judicial overreach
“I’m familiar with Habermas and Marcuse. I have read them. I just don’t agree with them. It’s a misconception of society.”
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How to restore Canada's fading global influence
Over recent years, the government has approached its foreign policy in a manner that prioritizes image over substance and moralizing rather than grappling with the complexities and compromises of geopolitics.
The geopolitical consequences of a second Trump term would be seismic
If Trump wins, Ukraine will likely face defeat thanks to administration pressure and the end of American support. NATO would not likely last long.
The Treaty of Paris set the stage for the birth of Canada
As the Seven Years’ War staggered to an uncertain close, pamphleteers in Britain began arguing about which French possession best suited Britain’s political and mercantile interests: the vast sprawling slab of northern North America, brimming with potential, or the tiny, lush, and outrageously profitable island of Guadeloupe.
Jon Stewart is back in the big chair. But what about his courage?
Comedy Central is betting that Stewart plus Trump will equal ratings, but his old fans have loftier ambitions for him. They hope that Stewart will provide the kind of opposition to Donald Trump that neither Kamala Harris nor Joe Biden can. But will the 60-year-old comedian play along? Or will his conscience get the better of him?
Canada is not broken, but our problem-solving mindset is
If we have a problem it is that we are not focused on the right problems, with the right mindset. Canada is a place of hope and ingenuity. If we are to deploy the creativity and talent we need in the future to tackle the big problems we face, we need leadership that will bring us together.
The Trudeau government's terrible economic record can't be brushed aside
A comprehensive evaluation of Canada’s economic record relative to its peers—including key metrics such as investment, income growth, and living standards—demonstrates an overall record of economic stagnation.
‘Pay attention to the basic needs of Canadians’: The best comments from Hub readers this week
Dynamic discussions were had in Hub Forum this week as January ended and February began. Readers spent their time discussing pressing economic issues in Canada, how Pierre Poilievre might govern, Canada Pension Plan funding, as well as debating the big question: is Canada broken?
Canada's quiet descent into neofeudalism
Canada faces a growing divide as society is segregated into two distinct classes: the affluent, property-owning class with considerable political and economic influence, and a new class of permanent tenants, for whom homeownership and long-term economic progress are out of reach.
Canada's historians are more lost than they realize
Objectivity used to be a goal in historical scholarship. Yet a number of academics now believe that objectivity is itself a political smokescreen that merely supports an oppressive status quo.
