One of the paradoxes of most federations is that the education or training of the citizen, typically the jurisdiction of sub-federal levels of government, is often sharply at odds with national needs or priorities, as …
Lire le texteAs the 2010 Vancouver Olympics fast approach, it is worth considering that, since Confederation, Canada's national institutions — among them, Parliament, the country's schools and universities, and, yes, even Canadian sport — have had to …
Lire le textePost-COVID emergency, Canada’s security and intelligence (S&I) community will find itself protecting a country whose strategic circumstances have changed dramatically since the publication of the ground-breaking 2004 National Security Policy. The long-term existence of the …
Lire le texteIt has been said that each of the 13 colonies, prior to the American Revolution, had stronger ties with the British motherland than with any of the other 12. The notion would seem to suggest, …
Lire le texteThe remarkable results of the 2011 general federal election — the collapse of the Bloc Québécois, the rise of the NDP in Quebec and the advent of a Conservative majority government with scant Québécois representation …
Lire le texteDuring the course of his long years in power, Bismarck brought his ministerial colleagues into unconditional bureaucratic dependence by eliminating all independent statesmen. Upon his retirement, he saw to his surprise that they continued to …
Lire le texteCanada’s economic and strategic exit from post-pandemic depression will not turn on the eventual reopening of the American border. Instead, it will require a great Canadian push to master and mould our northern border, placing …
Lire le texteThe Canada that exits the Great Quarantine may, by mid-century, become a great power. Or it may, as a mirror opposite, become a deep vassal state. The possible futures for our country, if it survives …
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