News Analysis

Opinion

How proportional representation minimizes the influence of special interest groups

In contrast, under first past the post, all that is necessary is for a faction to control the votes in key swing ridings that a party wishes to win.

Winston Ewert / Apr 30, 2019

Opinion, Culture

American publisher gives in to Twitter mob, burns its own book

The publishing house had unpublished the novel almost immediately when 13 tweeters accused the novel of being Islamophobic.

Terry Newman / Apr 30, 2019

Opinion

Canada has a lot to learn from Japan on immigration and vice versa

Despite the country’s hard-line approach to immigration, attitudes among Japanese citizens remain open and welcoming towards foreigners. While in Canada, a country that prides itself on high immigration, attitudes are shifting towards the negative.

Cosmin Dzsurdzsa / Apr 28, 2019

Opinion

Why Justin Trudeau is not a champion of diversity

As Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau often champions the idea that diversity is Canada’s strength. However, the Liberal government’s changes to the Canada Summer Jobs program reveal that on the matter of abortion, Trudeau has zero tolerance for ideological diversity.

Christopher Lindsay / Apr 27, 2019

Opinion

Stubborn and unimaginative political elites have turned electoral reform into a national threat

The Quebec government has announced that it will switch to a proportional representation election system without a referendum.

Micah Ryu / Apr 27, 2019

Opinion

The truth about the attacks in Sri Lanka

Like most acts of Islamic terrorism, the execution of the attack demonstrates elaborate planning, and careful selection of the locations, targets, and date.

Shane Miller / Apr 26, 2019

Opinion

Sex, religion, and politics: Trudeau’s risky uncivilized discourse

Though we can’t turn back time to the good old days, we can look back and attempt to teach ourselves a lesson from rules we once knew, and generally, followed. Straying away from the ways of old can be risky.

Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / Apr 26, 2019

Opinion

Progressive cafe that charges 18 per cent “man tax” to shut down for some reason

Feminism and veganism go together like PB & J. A timeless classic that 100% of the population enjoys. Fact.

Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / Apr 25, 2019

Opinion

Randy Hillier was right to blow the whistle against Brown-style centralization of power under Ford

Randy Hillier took a brave step in speaking truth to power last month. Mr. Hillier’s letter outlining his ethical and legal concerns surrounding Premier Ford’s key advisors is quite revealing.

Tanya Granic Allen / Apr 24, 2019

Opinion

Ontario’s Bill 84 will silence legitimate political expression

Prohibiting hate-promoting demonstrations at Queen’s Park will not work, because there is no clear, objective standard of what is “hate,” that all people of good will rally around.

John Carpay / Apr 23, 2019

Opinion

The Philadelphia Flyers and New York Yankees choose virtue signalling over history

Perhaps most troubling in this episode is the preemptive erasure of the past in order to mollify expected outrage.

Jordan Goldstein / Apr 23, 2019

Opinion

What gets lost in the Julian Assange noise

Christopher Hitchens was correct when he said Assange is an “unscrupulous megalomaniac with a political agenda.”

Shane Miller / Apr 21, 2019

Opinion

Peterson vs. Zizek: a dialogue we need more of in the future

Zizek and Peterson were at their most brilliant when they were sitting on their chairs, looking directly at each other, and slinging points back and forth in shorter time.

Anna Slatz / Apr 21, 2019

Opinion, Culture

Star Trek Discovery reveals our fractured culture

What’s changed with Discovery isn’t the thrust of the franchise so much as the culture that has sprung up around it between the end of the previous series, Enterprise, and Discovery.

Neil Gray / Apr 19, 2019

Opinion

Why Trump didn’t incite violence

Criticizing Ilhan Omar’s words or actions is not inciting violence.

Christopher Lindsay / Apr 19, 2019

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