I would like to move on from all this 51st State talk, but when Canada’s very sovereignty is being threatened, it can keep you up at night speculating. A couple of crazy hypotheticals have rolled around my head. One in the here and now and one on how this all might play itself out.  Currently, th…

It takes a lot to get Canadians angry, but when an economic war is declared on your country by your number one ally, feelings of betrayal can quickly turn hostile. Case in point the crowd in Ottawa booing the American national anthem at last Saturday’s h…

Been doing some doom scrolling on the Bluesky platform lately and reading the sour responses among progressives reacting to Trump’s first weeks in office. Always an optimist, I do believe Trump’s victory is an opportunity for liberals to craft a sweet response. One of the biggest concerns right n…

Due to my current occupational hazard, the one topic that I am asked most often is for my view on cryptocurrencies. I haven’t written on this before because it's not a topic easily understood or explained. By this point however, I believe most people have an underlying understanding, or at leas…

The resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has spurred the need for an early election here in Canada. While the country has been pinning for the opportunity to turf Trudeau for some time now, the timing could not be worse. The United States, Canada’s essential trading partner, is looking to…

In an astonishing statement to the New York Times in 2015, Justin Trudeau declared, "There is no core identity, no mainstream in Canada,'' and consequently that "makes us the first post-national state."  Or is that the 51st state Justin?   Fully expect the noise surrounding…

One of my favorite columnists, Jeffrey Simpson of the Globe and Mail, would, like many opinion writers, offer his thoughts and predictions in his columns. What I admired the most, was that Simpson's end of year column would keep score of what he got right and wrong in the past year. So in that …

Wrote this during the pandemic as I pleaded for schools to reopen. I knew first hand the extended school closures were hurting kids. I take little joy in the vindication in the fact that many now realize how damaging this decision was. I still find it hard to let this go. I was heavily involved i…

The Ontario Ministry of Education is hoping to address the inequality issue within its secondary schools by treating everyone the same. The result has been that everyone is suffering.    Rather than continuing to let parents and students decide what level or stream (academic, applied, workplace)…