The federal government announced in mid-April that it was going to suspend its excise tax on gas, diesel and aviation fuel. This is meant to address the problem of affordability in the light of increasing fuel costs resulting from the U.S.’s war with Iran. But the problem is that fuel is scarce, which is why…
The euphoria about a federal budget that promises to give birth to a new, strong Canada feels more like post-partum depression ten days later. It is understandable that the budget puts funds in many buckets to deal with economic uncertainty and survive Trump. Tax cuts, incentives for private investment, infrastructure projects and workforce retraining policies…
A young woman was attacked on an Ottawa bus because she was wearing a hijab. A Jewish woman was stabbed while shopping for kosher food at a Loblaws store. These are two shocking examples of the significant increase in hate crimes reported to police in the last year. In response, it is not surprising that…
On November 4, Canadians will see an “all-in-one” budget bill. It will include a revamped housing strategy, new climate change plans, immigration system reform, national projects, new defence plans and priorities, a deficit reduction strategy, tax changes that affect equity and cuts to existing federal programs. While all of the proposed measures are connected and…
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…
Although I am a native of the United States, it is possible that I was born a British subject through my late father. At the time Dad was born, his native island of Cyprus was a Crown colony of the United Kingdom. Cyprus had been ceded to Britain by the Ottoman sultan in 1878 as…
Born and raised in Baie Commeau, Québec, a mill town five hours northeast of Quebec City, former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney seemed to embody the diversity of Canada in his own person. His parents were Irish Canadians but he grew up speaking both French and English. In his youth he was inspired to work within…
Brian Mulroney (1939-2024) was the Prime Minister of my earliest political memories. Through the hazy lens of childhood recollection, I remember the acrimonious election of 1988 as I struggled to understand what on earth “free trade” might be and what it might mean, if only for the price of cheese. I can still feel the…
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