If cigarettes are easy to buy, nicotine pouches should be even easier to access
During National Non-Smoking Week 2026, Canadians are encouraged to make a difficult but essential resolution: quit smoking. That’s a good thing. But the tools to get there must be accessible, practical, and consistent. My name is TJ Peric. I am a Royal Canadian Navy veteran and the founder of I Want My Pouches. Like many […]
Manufactured Legitimacy: How Bots and Algorithms Are Reshaping Modern Politics
Bots are rapidly taking over social media; they are more sophisticated than ever before, and they’ve figured out something most voters have not: social media algorithms allow any issue to be publicly perceived as legitimate with enough engagement. Bots on platforms like X have been used to artificially create grassroots political legitimacy out of thin […]
Politicians should be honest about environmental pros and cons of electric vehicles
According to Steven Guilbeault, former environment minister under Justin Trudeau and former member of Prime Minister Carney’s cabinet, “Switching to an electric vehicle is one of the most impactful things Canadians can do to help fight climate change.” And the Carney government has only paused Trudeau’s electric vehicle (EV) sales mandate to conduct a “review” […]
Multiculturalism isn’t the problem. Immigration chaos is.
Sharan Kaur wants to reassure Canadians that multiculturalism “built” this country. For the sake of argument, let’s set aside the casual dismissal of 100-plus years of history and concede that maybe it once did. But this isn’t a debate about multiculturalism. To defend unlimited immigration by pointing to multiculturalism’s historical benefits is to conflate two distinct […]
ROUND UP: Potential New Recruits for Team Carney
With reports of turmoil within the Liberal caucus, an impending exodus of Trudeau-era MPs ahead of the next federal election has become a real possibility. What makes this wave of departures crucial is that many of the vacating ridings are long-held Liberal strongholds, creating a rare opportunity for the party to add talent. Mark Wiseman […]
ROUND UP: All the Rumoured Liberal MPs Set to Leave Caucus
With a recent report by the Toronto Sun’s Brian Lilley that industry minister Mélanie Joly is eyeing an exit from caucus, the spotlight now turns to other Liberals seeking to depart. Joly’s potential decision to leave caucus reflects a broader shift in Liberal behaviour, as other seasoned ministers are rumoured to be planning their exits […]
We aren’t immune to repeating past horrors—education is the antidote
“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes,” is a quote often attributed to American writer Mark Twain. Teaching history is critical, yet in Canadian classrooms a fulsome history curriculum is not required, and many students graduate high school having learned almost no Canadian history. Indeed, we’re not immune to repeating history’s darkest chapters. The […]
How social media changed crisis management
Social media has rewritten crisis management, turning scandals viral and forcing politicians to choose authenticity over spin.
Canadians paid $90 billion in government debt interest in 2024/25
Next week, the Carney government will table its long-awaited first budget. Earlier this year, Prime Minister Mark Carney launched a federal spending review to find $25 billion in savings by 2028. Even if the government meets this goal, it won’t be enough to eliminate the federal deficit—projected to reach as high as $92.2 billion in […]
We’re headed to an election. Stop pretending we’re not.
This Parliament is five months old and already circling the drain. The Liberals will table their budget on November 4th, and it’s going to fail – not because of scandal or surprise, but because the math, the momentum, and the mood have all turned. Even the government’s own House Leader, Steven MacKinnon, is already setting […]