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Laudato Si’: A look back on Pope Francis’s environmental legacy
The Vatican’s College of Cardinals will soon gather in Rome to elect a new head of the Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis. As the church prepares for the papal conclave, the world is assessing Francis’s legacy and his stance on the role of women in the church, LGBTQ+ rights and the needs of migrants and refugees. However, every assessment should include a discussion of Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home, his 2015 encyclical on climate change.
Canadians don’t want to be the 51st state – and Americans don’t really want us - Caribbean News Global
By Donald Wright Donald Trump is a troll trying to own the libs and get under our skin. Let’s ignore him and get on with the task of peace, order and good government. Canadians owe Donald Trump a debt of thanks. His musings about Canada becoming the 51st state have reminded us why we are Canadians in the first place and why we want to remain Canadians. Still, it’s worth thinking about some of the legal steps to, and political implications of, a possible Canadian statehood.
Sam Routley: Stephen Harper embraced pragmatic, incremental change. Does Pierre Poilievre have grander ambitions?
Commentary 11 October 2024 Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during an event in Ottawa, April 11, 2024. Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press. While there are no inevitabilities in life, it seems at least close to inevitable that the next government will be a Conservative one; and, what’s more, the party appears to be on the precipice of winning a historic majority of well over 200 seats. But this is old (and increasingly less interesting) news.
Donald Wright: The first step in solving Canada’s housing crisis? Implement a non-delusional immigration policy
Commentary 11 October 2024 New homes under construction are selling out in a housing development in Newmarket, Ont., Feb. 20, 2024. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press. The following is the fourth installment in a multi-part series tackling Canada’s housing and immigration crises. The series will focus on their root causes, intertwined nature, and potential solutions. Be sure to check out parts one, two, and three.
The Weekly Wrap: Can Canadian pluarlism survive in a post-October 7 world?
Commentary 5 October 2024 People rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sunday May 23, 2021. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press. In The Weekly Wrap Sean Speer, our editor-at-large, analyses for Hub subscribers the big stories shaping politics, policy, and the economy in the week that was. There must be no compromise when it comes to standing up for Canadian values Monday of course marks the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s horrific terrorist attacks against Israel.
Donald Wright: Urban densification is not going to solve our housing crisis
Commentary 4 October 2024 Condo and office towers fill the downtown skyline in Vancouver, B.C., March 30, 2018. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press. The following is the third installment in a multi-part series tackling Canada’s housing and immigration crises. The series will focus on their root causes, intertwined nature, and potential solutions. Be sure to check out parts one and two.
Benjamin Dachis and Adam Sweet: It’s time for Conservatives to lead on climate policy-here’s why
Commentary 27 September 2024 Wind turbines are seen near Pincher Creek, Alta., June 6, 2024. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press. Canada has a major economic opportunity in the global low-carbon economy, if it gets its climate and energy policies right. Those policies should be informed by principles like leveraging the ingenuity of markets and free enterprise, limited government, and respect for provincial jurisdiction.
Donald Wright: When it comes to where people want to live, Canada is a very small country
Commentary 27 September 2024 Passengers take photos against the Toronto skyline as they take a ferry to Toronto Islands, Aug. 5, 2024. Chris Young/The Canadian Press. The following is the second installment in a multi-part series tackling Canada’s housing and immigration crises. The series will focus on their root causes, intertwined nature, and potential solutions. You can read part one here.
Donald Wright: We are not going to build our way out of the housing crisis
Commentary 20 September 2024 New single-family houses under construction in Delta, B.C., Aug. 12, 2024. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press. The following is the first installment in a multi-part series tackling Canada’s housing and immigration crises. The series will focus on their root causes, intertwined nature, and potential solutions.
Canada has no single national story—and that's a good thing - The Hub
It was a weird December at The Hub. Reading it, I felt like I had fallen into a time hole and landed in 1998 when I was a PhD student at the University of Ottawa and everyone was talking about Who Killed Canadian History?, a slim volume by Jack Granatstein. To some, it was a much-needed counterpunch and a necessary corrective to the social history revolution. To others, it was a depressing diatribe by a scholar who hadn’t read the scholarship he so blithely dismissed.
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