During an election more of us pay more attention to politics. That’s fitting. But it is also a time when politicians pay more attention to us. Over the last few weeks, we had a greater opportunity to make our voices heard, not just through our vote but through direct, eye-to-eye contact with our (prospective) representatives,…
On April 28, Canadians will elect a new federal government for the first time since 2021, and polls could not be closer. Contrary to what most Canadians expected. Debates over the housing market, the economy and carbon pricing – topics Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre was dominating over the past year or two – have…
Trump’s shocking tariff policy announcement has put Canadians in a precarious situation. We may be forced to seek new trading partners, develop a more closed domestic economy, brace for job losses and expect rising prices. Lately, due to my dual identity as a Canadian-American, my concern has shifted from what Trump is doing to Canada…
Concluding a course on seventeenth-century poetry last semester, my professor said that besides the sheer appreciation of the art, there is another reason to study poetry. “If you don’t know how to read poetry, poetry will read you.” I immediately thought of the Conservative Party’s campaign promises. Without bringing forward a proper policy platform, the…
The United States is neither poor nor weak. It doesn’t have to sell out its most treasured traditions, its longest-standing allies and its reputation as a generous, law-abiding and cooperative nation in order to put the screws to its own people, to its allies and to those who depend on it for survival. Cutting social…
On January 6, Prime Minister Trudeau announced his resignation and simultaneously prorogued Parliament. Curiously, the first editorial I ever wrote for Christian Courier was about prorogation – “The rogue and fool,” January 2009. In it, I described then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper as inconsistent, changing the rules to suit his own agenda. “Nonetheless,” I concluded, “I…
On January 6, Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as Leader of the Liberal Party and PM of Canada after nine years in office. He and his party had been declining in popularity for several months due to public discontent fueled by the high cost of living and the housing crisis. Trudeau attempted to mollify these…
Donald Trump is a hard guy to ignore, even for us Canadians. Lately it’s been even tougher because he’s been talking about us. And featuring in Donald Trump’s bloviations is almost never a good thing. In case you’ve missed it (lucky you!), he’s moved from threatening massive tariffs against Canada (unless we solve a largely…
The clear winner of this year’s U.S. presidential election is Donald Trump. And who elected him? People who too often resemble me. As a dual U.S./Canadian citizen I take a keen interest in politics south of the border. I am qualified to vote in Wisconsin (and I do). I love watching TV about Donald Trump….
The two major parties in the United States deserve to fade away. That the electoral system continues to prop up the Republicans and the Democrats in the face of such obvious dysfunction testifies to a broken political process. This month Donald J. Trump is being inaugurated as 47th President of the United States, returning to…
“He has shown strength with his arm;/ he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts./ He has brought down the powerful from their thrones/ and lifted up the lowly./ He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty.” Luke 1: 51-53 I’m writing this column the day…
Americans have done it again. They have brought Donald J. Trump back to the White House after a hotly contested election campaign filled with plot twists worthy of an Agatha Christie novel. Who could have foreseen that President Joe Biden would bow out midstream and yield to his vice president, Kamala Harris? Who would have…
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