Policy Options

The inherent problem with anthologies of interviews and columns is that the passage of time may render them stale-dated irrelevancies. It’s therefore a good idea for the anthologist to...

Frank Scott was, in the words of political scientist Allen Mills, “arguably Canada’s most accomplished all-round public intellectual” of the 20th century. Michael Oliver once observed that everyone knew...

The setting couldn’t have been lovelier — or more awkward. As over a thousand members of the business elite from the world’s heavy-oil producing countries gathered during the first...

Nearly two Canadians in three, 64.3 percent, think the country is moving in the right direction, up from just over half, 53.6 percent, who thought so a year ago,...

Two in three Canadians favour lifetime bans or stiff four-year suspensions for athletes found using performance-enhancing drugs at the Olympics. Nearly three Canadians in four intend to watch the...

Canada has mastered the art of staging multi-sport international festivals. In addition to the forthcoming Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver, we have held two Olympics, two Pan...

Celebrating the 2010 Olympic Games, especially British Columbia, provides an opportunity to look back on six decades of personal involvement in the Olympic movement and to reflect on some...

In February, an epic event will consume Canadians and, for that matter, the world, as the 2010 Winter Olympic Games begin in Vancouver. We will revel in the competition,...

In February a Canadian athlete will probably, for the first time, win an Olympic gold medal on Canadian soil — an event that will be widely and justifiably celebrated....

As 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...

À l’aube de l’ouverture des Jeux de Vancouver, un vent de fébrilité anime les acteurs de la scène canadienne du sport. D’abord, la politique canadienne du sport adoptée en...

“After four years of drift, four years of denial, four years of division and four years of discord, Mr. Harper, your time is up.” With those fighting words spoken...

In December, north of the 56th parallel, Copenhagen will host a geographic and temporal moment in history. Nearly 200 countries will gather to decide whether, over a few decades,...

Climate change is a classic example of a “wicked” problem. The scientific evidence is increasingly clear that we must achieve a massive global reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in...

Someone told him that “prime minister” has three I’s in it, and he listened. Too bad nobody told Michael that “team” and “leader” have none. An unhappy Liberal MP...

Canadians do business, earn their livelihood and buy their goods and services, whether they always recognize it or not, in a truly global marketplace. That global marketplace is now...

The idea of a “nuclear renaissance” has received a lot of press lately. There is indeed a renewed interest in nuclear power, with nations around the world planning for...

Au Canada, on ne naît pas minoritaire, on le devient. Mieux. L’appartenance à une minorité linguistique s’achète. C’est un statut juridique que l’on peut offrir, moyennant quelques efforts, à...

Early in the spring of 1608, the sieur de Mons and Champlain moved to the port of Honfleur on the river Seine. They chartered at least three ships. Champlain’s...

I am not an historian. I am not a biographer. I am not even a journalist or an editor. So asking me to review this celebrated book, Champlain’s Dream,...

In 1968, inspired by the air of possibility around new prime minister Pierre Trudeau, artist Joyce Wieland expressed her appreciation with needle and thread. She produced a multicoloured quilt,...

This is the 20th anniversary of the collapse of Communism across most of the world. In Beijing, a lone student defied a People’s Liberation Army tank that was about...

The Arctic wilderness is one of the strongest yet most mysterious elements of Canada’s national identity. We take pride in our self-image as inhabitants of “the True North strong...

Yann Martel characterizes Canada as a grand hotel, a place to visit on a journey ending elsewhere, and Noah Richler begins his national literary atlas by inviting the cream...

For politicians, culture is the love that dares not speak its name. Since Pierre Trudeau, no prime minister in the last 30 years has enthusiastically embraced things cultural —...