As a Quebecer, I have always had an ambivalent, if not uneasy, relationship to Canada. The province’s deep sense of being distinct, of speaking a […]
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Ottawa’s Tech Strategy Is So Broken, Even Consultants Are Begging Us to Fix It
In 2011, the Government of Canada contracted American tech giant IBM to build a new system to manage its payments to civil servants. Beset by […]
Europe’s dream to wean off US tech gets reality check
BRUSSELS — The EU is set to deliver a sobering message to a growing movement in Europe calling for a detox from U.S. Big Tech. […]
Can the NDP Rebuild – or Is It Time to Start Something New?
O nce the conscience of Canadian politics and a genuine alternative to the Liberal–Conservative duopoly, the New Democratic Party finds itself adrift. With the loss […]
What King Charles’s Historic Speech Means
In 1957, Queen Elizabeth II came to Canada with the glow of a young reign and the promise of a rising global order. Her speech […]
My Guilty Pleasure: Getting Destroyed by Spicy Food
Growing up, I had the diet of a cautious senior. Mayonnaise sandwiches, boiled chicken, and well-done steak. What eventually changed that was a British science […]
When Canada’s Most Famous Brain Surgeon Almost Killed His Own Sister
O pening the skull had never seemed more difficult to Wilder Penfield than it did on that cold December morning in Montreal. Staring at his […]
Breaking News! Canadians Actually Care about What’s Happening in Other Communities!
“Nobody knows anything,” Hollywood screenwriter William Goldman once said. He was referring to the impossibility of predicting a box office hit. The internet is no […]
Bilingual, Educated, Qualified—and Still Not Welcome in Quebec
As a federal administrative judge with the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada since 2022, Nour Farhat hears asylum claims and renders decisions daily on […]
Is the Joint Statement on Gaza Too Little, Too Late?
On May 19, Prime Minister Mark Carney, UK prime minister Keir Starmer, and French president Emmanuel Macron released a joint statement condemning Israel’s escalating military […]