If Blair is failing to find the traction he needs within his own government, then it may be up to the next to offer a clean start. The Conservatives should be eager to champion this cause.

The government thought that Canadian content was so important that they could impose their will and rules on anyone they wanted to.

If we want renewal—economic, aesthetic, intellectual, or moral—the people who created the problem cannot be trusted with the solution. There is no hope for urban regeneration as long as our leaders...

The first question on the minds of Canadians, and especially those who chanted enthusiastically at these rallies, is whether Poilievre means what he says.

If Trudeau wants to push back against this hatred and intimidation, he might look across the pond to U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for an example of what a modicum of moral clarity might look like.

With a recent change to LGBTQ policy in schools, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs took an onslaught of criticism from opposition parties and the national media and even sparked a slow-burning...

Meta has comfortably passed the first test of ensuring that, in a crisis, it can still provide vital information without linking to news. This proves that the government’s assumptions about their...

Alberta is the only province to permit charter schools. It’s a huge advantage for Albertan families, and the fact that they will now be protected is reason alone for conservatives in the province to...

Whatever you think of the carbon tax as a policy, it’s days may be numbered. The same government that introduced it delivered the potentially fatal blow.

It is hard to explain to Canadians who don’t spend a lot of time abroad how irrelevant we are internationally these days. Maybe the Americans increasingly calling us out on our lack of defence...

For evidence of the Conservative convention’s success, you only had to see the media’s evident disappointment at the absence of gaffes and controversy. Even the Liberals’ half-hearted attempt to...

The government has effectively gutted the Online News Act in order to convince Google to refrain from blocking news links in Canada and to fix some of the legislative mistakes that have been apparent...

More than a third of Canadians say they are struggling to cope financially due to surging gas prices in the country, according to a recent poll conducted for The Hub.

As liberal elites have become more captured by woke ideology, their values have increasingly become inaccessible to everyday Canadians. Championing bourgeois virtues and speaking to the common people...

CBC president and CEO Catherine Tait sparred with Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman about the broadcaster's coverage of the Israel-Hamas War, including refusal to retract disproven headlines about the...

Across the rest of Canada, including in Atlantic provinces, Ontario, and British Columbia, the Conservative’s message is resonating. So why the reluctance to concede this point?

The infiltration of the Winnipeg lab is completely unacceptable, as is the apparent absence of comprehensive oversight of the project from government or security services. 

Objectivity used to be a goal in historical scholarship. Yet a number of academics now believe that objectivity is itself a political smokescreen that merely supports an oppressive status quo.

CPC leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre spoke with Dr. Jordan Peterson about his candidacy, the Freedom Convoy, and defunding the CBC.

The network’s emphasis on identity issues can cause it to lose the forest for the trees. It has increasingly contributed to a narrow and unrepresentative conception of Canadian civic life that...

This week’s Hub Roundtable discusses this week's testimony by Jody Thomas, the government's national security advisor, about the "breakdown in process"

The gap between the promise of credentialism and its disappointing realities for rising numbers is something that we must confront before it engulfs our politics. For all of the attention paid to the...

The Wilson letter is a treasure trove of observations made by an outsider looking in. It describes Canada’s international exceptionalism, but it also exposes our mediocrity. It is worth revisiting...

Mexico leapfrogged China last month to become the largest American trading partner while the U.S. continues its efforts to “friendshore” its trade and decouple from the Chinese economy. Experts say...

Canada should pause increases in the carbon tax permanently and have a serious discussion about eliminating the hodgepodge of rules and regulations that are harming the efficiency and competitiveness...

Trudeau and company put on an hours-long masterclass in delivering a droning, legalistic message whose technical accuracy aimed to divert attention from the latest and most important controversies...

When Pierre Poilievre became Conservative Party leader almost precisely twelve months ago, many commentators assumed that a considerable share of the country already had well-developed views about...

We’re going to have to have a reckoning: are we prepared to pay for the size of government that we want, or are we ready to reset our expectations about the size of government to bring it in line...

As the federal Liberals grapple with the soaring cost of living and sagging poll numbers, political veterans across the Atlantic provinces say the byelection result could be a sign of things to come...

Canada’s profound foreign policy malaise flows, in large part, from its failure to think and act strategically—a consequence of not taking geopolitics seriously. That’s a luxury that Canadians can...

The Trudeau government’s spendthrift assumptions were evident at its beginning and they remain evident today. At this point, the only ones unable to see it are those blinded by some combination of...

This week’s Hub Roundtable discusses the growing tendency on the part of governments to pursue their priorities in the form of policy mandates on private businesses. Plus, Jack Granatstein discusses...

The top stories from this past week include Justin Trudeau's testimony before the foreign interference inquiry commission, the gathering of conservatives in Ottawa for the Canada Strong and Free...

Law students protesting for Palestine are free to promote their activism at the expense of their future careers, just as prospective employers perusing the available talent pool are free to pass over...

In light of calls for David Johnston to step down in his role as special rapporteur on foreign interference, what might an alternative process might look like? Consideration of how Canada should...

The Hub’s editor-at-large Sean Speer spoke with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum about what happens next in the region and what the response should be in Canada and the rest of the...

This week‘s edition of The Hub’s Weekly Wrap reflects on some of the past week’s biggest stories, including Pierre Poilievre's rhetoric deriding the corporate class and championing the working class,...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Joanna Baron and Christine Van Geyn, the executive director and litigation director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation, respectively, about their new...

Most Canadians are supportive of decreasing pollution and GHG emissions. But not at the price of a lower standard of living. The inaccurate and unrealistic assumptions used to develop an emissions...

The seemingly abstract and philosophical debate between the FreeCons and NatCons about the purpose and priorities of modern conservatism is bound to eventually permeate the forty-ninth parallel and...

What if we could build a common identity, inculcate a shared national vision, and address some of our economy’s biggest challenges all at once? Eighteen-year-old Canadians should be required to...

The Hub’s editor-at-large Sean Speer spoke with Ian Brodie, the former chief of staff to Stephen Harper, for some insight into how governments handle classified and top secret information.

A key issue is that Canadians accustomed to a long period of stable inflation and low interest rates have taken this for granted and built it into their economic expectations. The recent spike in...

Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the state of Canada's news media, "activist journalism", and welcome special guest Tara Henley to ask "What happened to Canada?"

The pre-pandemic fiscal situation in Canada was a time of calm finance ministers and debt ratios that gave Canadians bragging rights among OECD countries. Post-pandemic? Well, let's just say it got a...

The videos from these pro-Hamas rallies in cities such as Mississauga and Montreal have been shocking. It must be said that rallies in support of a terrorist organization that has carried out a...

Polarization gets a bad rap in politics but, as Danielle Smith and the United Conservative Party celebrate a closely fought election victory in Alberta this morning, they can partially thank the deep...

On a number of big-picture issues—economic stagnation, international isolation, national attenuation, and urban disorder—the government’s ideological agenda has failed according to its own terms. The...

After weeks of speculation, on November 27, Premier Danielle Smith announced Alberta’s intention to challenge the proposed Clean Electricity Regulations, an ambitious federal climate policy aimed at...

Vancouver's dizzying home prices will never come back down to earth until the city uses its limited land more efficiently, said the French writer and urbanist Alain Bertaud at a recent event in the...

Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, board director at the China Strategic Risks Institute, discusses the news that two respected microbiology researchers were secretly gathering information and virus samples...

If Trump wins, Ukraine will likely face defeat thanks to administration pressure and the end of American support. NATO would not likely last long.

The inability of many university voices to substantively respond to wonky policy arguments is evidence of an entitlement mentality and a bad sign for the sector’s capacity to defend itself in the...

This week’s Hub Roundtable spends the entire episode discussing former governor general David Johnston's report into foreign interference in Canadian elections. We consider Johnston's possible...

Calls to “electrify everything” are not only logistically and economically unrealistic, but highly risky. In Canada, a prolonged grid failure would create emergencies for Canadians in the summer and...

The Trudeau government's evident trouble with effectively dealing with threats from China stems from a bi-partisan consensus that China would eventually liberalize. That we have been so slow to shed...

The poll finds a mismatch between the issues dominating the headlines and what Canadians are concerned about.

The Roundtable discuss Bell Canada's recent layoffs and the bizarre reaction from commentators and politicians, as well as the state of Canada's journalism schools.

The fall economic update proposed significant new regulatory burdens on Canadian businesses to ostensibly lower prices for consumers. However, these proposals are ill-conceived, miss the root causes...

Lydia Perović joins Hub Dialogues to discuss her immigrant story and how Canada has changed since she arrived, including its declining culture and its troubling turn towards illiberalism.

David Johnston appeared before members of Parliament on Tuesday to defend his conclusion that Canada doesn't need a public inquiry into foreign interference in the country's elections, but found...

Woke thinking compartmentalizes groups according to their identity rather than class oppression. Wokism breaks this connection by moving us into tribes disconnected from each other. This undermines...

By prioritizing the parts of the economy where we have real comparative advantages, we can avoid capital destruction and distortions that would result from a wasteful and unproductive competition...

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has shown a rare skill at illuminating complex issues and spotting emerging fractures within the fabric of Canadian

Whether you agree with them or not, Premier Higgs' gender policy changes for New Brunswick's schools are being made in search of a fair middle ground on a contentious public policy issue. They are...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with independent journalist Matt Taibbi about the decline of trust in the mainstream media, independent journalism, and whether...

Politicians are eagerly targeting, vilifying, and scapegoating Canada’s largest firms as if they are pariahs. At a time when the investment climate remains incredibly challenging, it’s a dispiriting...

The decision is great news for anyone who wants to see more large projects like mines and highways get built.

This week, Tucker Carlson, the controversial American Twitter/X host, headlined two packed speaking events in Alberta. One took place at Calgary's Telus Convention Centre, where he had a "fireside...

This week’s Hub Roundtable discusses the parade of federal ministers who have failed to receive important briefings on key issues. Plus, the upcoming byelections on Monday and what they could tell us...

The Supreme Court’s ruling last week preserved the principle that provinces can’t be required to implement federal laws— but that won’t prevent a future government lawyer from trying to argue that...

Clearly, businesses not only need to budget for taxes already announced, but they also must allow for the possibility that politicians will in the upcoming year find some political motivation to levy...

After decades of maintaining a relatively harmonious balance between high levels of immigration and social welfare, Canada finally appears to be at the precipice of the Sophie’s Choice-esque dilemma...

Besides being unconstitutional, such a law would be thoroughly illiberal and ill-advised. It raises the spectre of driving anti-Indigenous racism underground, where it will flourish away from the...

For more than two centuries, socialism has captured the hearts and minds of youth everywhere. It’s obvious why; socialism’s promise of equality and unparalleled prosperity is alluring. But for more...

A pair of byelections in Manitoba on Monday will give the Conservative Party an early test of its electoral strategy of beating back opposition from the populist Right while poaching vulnerable seats...

Both Canada and the U.S. are threatened by the tyranny of minority rule, just in different ways. The real problem in Canada comes from an unelected and geographically and socially homogenous group,...

The Online Harms Act is not just a bad idea in its own right; it reflects the habits of mind of an entire political class that believes that technocratic expertise can stand in for democratic debate.

Ultimately, time proved Chrétien right for not joining the Iraq War. This was a big moment, and perhaps the decision that Chrétien will be remembered for most.

Let’s not make the perfect the enemy of the good. If you want to help the environment, focus on the low-hanging fruit like making it easier and cheaper for people to live lower-impact, urban lifest...

Rhetoric condemning Canada is distressing not only because of its toxic effects on our social fabric and civic ecosystem, but because it is wrong: Canada is indeed a fundamentally good country. 

As the government has grown, its failures have perhaps counterintuitively become more ubiquitous, and the public’s hope and trust have suffered as a result. The net result is the malaise in which we...

2023 has (finally) come to an end. It was a contentious year filled with truly earth-shaking events both internationally and domestically. Does 2024 hold more of the same?

As is often the case with policies made exclusively by and for drivers, the unintended consequences of the plastic bag ban are largely borne by everyone else. Ironically, it is also making the lowest...

Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the latest developments in the ArriveCan scandal, as well as the Winnipeg biolab security breach. They break down what these stories say about the state of...

Saskatchewan’s most recent admission that public funds may be used to cover the cost of the carbon tax for consumers provides an example to other provinces for how to follow suit. Despite the fiscal...

To be clear, nobody with eyes can deny that a horrifying humanitarian catastrophe is happening in Gaza. This is substantially due to the fact that Israel is fighting an enemy which launches rockets...

Unnecessary bureaucratic processes and delays do not improve outcomes for Canada. Instead, they increase costs and compromise the country’s security.

In their new book, Lukianoff and Schlott trace the rise of cancel culture from 2014, when canceling appeared uncontrolled in academia, the media, and the sciences. But something has changed since...

The Bank of Canada was subjected to a round of cross-party criticism last week after it raised the benchmark interest rate to five percent, the highest since 2001, in an attempt to combat inflation....

Analysis of the benefits of vaccination and the risk of infection has been plagued by junk science and political science both by proponents and opponents of vaccination.

Recent polling finds that 53 percent of Canadians want to accept fewer immigrants into Canada and 55 percent believe there are too many international students.

In this new world, it isn’t enough to talk about a “feminist foreign policy” or treat foreign policy as an extension of domestic politics. We must take our defence and security seriously and dedicate...

Given America's vast influence, it’s easy to forget that Canada is its own country with distinct challenges, opportunities, and history. There isn’t always an off-the-shelf American policy solution...

Housing experts have presented an affordability plan to the federal cabinet, but it is not clear if the advice of the witnesses will be fully taken. Trudeau came under fire prior to the cabinet...

With the Israel-Hamas conflict entering its sixth month, the federal NDP put forward a controversial non-binding motion urging the Canadian government to officially recognize “the State of Palestine”

The point of Canada���s federal NDP seems not to be to win, nor even to advance a narrow cause. It seems simply to exist for its own sake, occasionally finding comfort in passing party policy resolut...

This week’s Hub Roundtable discusses the federal Cabinet retreat in Charlottetown, including its focus on the country’s housing crisis. They also discuss new polling that finds a majority of Canadi...

Whether under the leadership of a Poilievre federal government or simply when it comes time for a renegotiation with the provinces, conservative leaders at both levels of government need to push back...

The Queen, quite rightly, knew that it was her job to lead by example, to gently adapt the monarchy to the age, but not to follow it. This may be her greatest legacy: changing the Crown to fit the...

The elite class is set to inevitably shrink, and it will be hard going as this happens. The case for doom is more convincing now than at any other time in the last 50 years or so.