Tim Hortons rolling up the rim to win over China
The decision to export the Canadian corporate icon is a very aggressive global extension strategy that could pay off…
Meddling in other countries’ elections isn’t always outrageous
There are plenty of instances of foreign influence, including in Canada. Why is it okay for Kennedy and Obama but not Putin?…
We don’t want to go where trade wars have taken us before
Trump is obviously not deterred by the warnings from economists of a global trade war that could usher in a new depression…
What fate awaits our treasured monarchy?
Prince Charles hardly seems a fitting successor to the crown. But the monarchy has faced worse over the centuries and still serves us well…
High U.S. tariff ‘catastrophic’ for Canadian auto industry
More than 100,000 manufacturing jobs would be at immediate risk if tariffs of 25% were imposed: CADA…
Canadian ‘sleeper agent’ ready to make a run for the border
Living behind the lines in the United States, I try to keep a full tank of gas in my car in case I’m exposed as a sleeper agent…
What if Bobby Kennedy had lived?
It’s still a stretch to believe he could have become president in 1972 or later, given his beliefs and the circumstances of the time…
America’s Gulliver complex casts us all as petty Lilliputians
The post-war status quo has the stamps of American idealism and system design all over it. Yet Trump wants to blow it all up…
Championing the human spirit in dispiriting times
The human spirit has evolved over several hundred thousand years and will survive Trump's crude behaviour…
‘Happy’ New Zealand has a teenage suicide problem
Indigenous teenagers around the world face problems they think are insurmountable. But there are solutions…