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Ottawa’s ethics rules give ministers far too much rope
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s mandate letters to his ministers (which he thankfully made public for the first time ever) remind them that the PM’s accountability guide says they must be honest,...
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The Post is Toast: The disintegration of the Postmedia chain
More from Andrew Mitrovica available here. There’s big trouble in Postmedialand. Recently, the sad state of Canada’s largest media chain was the subject of some old-style gumshoe reporting by the...
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How to build a youth national service program that actually works
It’s that time of year — lights in the trees, music in the air and, in Ottawa, the usual eerie seasonal silence as the city empties out for the holidays. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is one of those...
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Drunk on power: A fond farewell to Hy’s steakhouse
Weekdays at lunch, the bar is crowded. The same is true at the cocktail hour after work. Weeknights in the dining room, there are few tables available. Suddenly, political Ottawa has rediscovered Hy’s...
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Can we talk about electoral reform without losing our damn minds?
Canada — and Canadians — spent roughly 21 per cent of 2015 in federal election campaign mode. It’s safe to say that a lot of us were hoping to see the election rancour and partisan posturing fade a...
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It’s a video of Syrian kids on a sled. And it’s beautiful.
More from Andrew Mitrovica available here. The video lasts just a few minutes. Still, in that short time, OPP Constable David McNab captured a scene that is quintessentially Canadian — a snow-covered...
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Time to kick the coal habit, Canada
In many provinces, our electricity is being generated from an energy source that is quietly poisoning our people and the planet: coal. But there are signs abroad that citizens want change. Concerns are...
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Putting a youthful spin on an aging federal bureaucracy
In a recent opinion piece, Treasury Board President Scott Brison issued an appeal to millennials to join the public service. “We need them,” he wrote, “to build a better public service, a better Canada...
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Trudeau and the First Ministers: Right on cue, the knives come out
On paper, the division of power and jurisdictional authority between Ottawa and the provinces is relatively straightforward. Sections 91-95 of the British North America Act lay out which levels of...
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A patriot passes: Stephen Clarkson remembered
More from Andrew Mitrovica available here. I met Stephen Clarkson more than 30 years ago in room 2108 of Sydney Smith Hall, a grey, soulless building at the University of Toronto’s downtown campus. I...
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For Mulcair, the knives are already out
More from Andrew Mitrovica available here. Tom Mulcair was just endorsed by the same Neocon newspaper chain that endorsed Stephen Harper. No, I’m not making that up. In an editorial penned by an...
View ArticleMany male immigrants prone to depression, isolation, say experts
Many immigrant men feel isolated, fearful and lost upon arrival in Canada, according to multiple researchers and social agencies in the country. Vic Lantion, a program coordinator with the...
View ArticleWaiting to live: The facts behind organ donation
Each of us has the power to help Canadian patients waiting for a transplant through organ donation. One organ donor can save up to eight lives, and one tissue donor can enhance the lives of 75 people....
View ArticleFortress Canada: How much of a military do we really need?
As the Trudeau government pursues its review of Canada's defence policy, an interesting debate is emerging in defence policy circles — between those who want to pull back from the world and those who...
View ArticleThe town too tough to die: Fort McMurray shows its steel
The summer-like spring that Western Canada has been basking in showed its ugly side in northeastern Alberta this week. Fort McMurray, the oilsands' overcrowded bedroom community, suddenly faced a fire...
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