Ever since former Governor General David Johnston released his foreign interference report some 17 months ago, people have been astonished – and mystified — by Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre’s staunch refusal to apply for…
Posts By Brooke Jeffrey
Under Modi, India’s Illiberal Autocracy Gives New Meaning to Foreign Interference
What do Hungary, Turkey and India have in common? Not much. But they do have one shared characteristic, and it is not a positive one. Sadly, what these three once promising liberal democracies share is…
Antisemitism is Everyone’s Business
Synagogues firebombed. Shots fired at Jewish schools. Jewish restaurants boycotted. Windows smashed at Jewish stores and institutions. A menorah vandalized outside a Jewish cultural institution. Jewish students threatened on university campuses. Productions of Jewish playwrights…
“Bonjour-Hi!”: Only in Quebec
Opposition to the Legault government’s draconian language laws has taken a comical turn in Montreal in the past few weeks. Like the hugely successful strategy of American Democratic duo Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, who…
The Paris Olympics: A Canadian Success Story in More Ways Than One
As the Paris 2024 Olympics draw to a close, Canadians are basking in the reflected glory of a stellar performance by our athletes, already surpassing our record of 24 medals at the 2020(21) Tokyo Games…
Why Poilievre “Can’t Wait” to Defund the CBC
I can’t wait to defund the CBC and sell off the headquarters for housing. Sign here to defund the CBC: https://conservative.ca/cpc/defund-the-cbc — post on Pierre Poilievre’s website on X (July 25, 2024) By now almost…
Has Jasper Paid the Price for Alberta’s Inaction?
The heartbreaking destruction of more than a third of the town of Jasper, that iconic symbol of the Canadian wilderness and internationally renowned tourist destination, has served to highlight the very real perils of climate…
Many Canadian Voters are in a Dangerous State of Denial
In the brilliant 1995 movie “The American President”, actor Michael Douglas plays a progressive president whose new gun control legislation is widely opposed, despite the fact he introduced it shortly after a string of fatal…
Guns and Violence are Integral to American Political Culture: Trump’s Attack is Nothing New
Seventy-five years ago, world-renowned American political sociologist Seymour Martin Lipset published his definitive work explaining the differences between Canadian and American political culture. Using the early westward expansion of both countries as an example, he…
Toronto-St. Paul’s By-Election : The NDP in Freefall
One of the major differences between the party politics of Canada and the United States has been the presence in this country of all three philosophical strands – conservatism, liberalism and socialism – represented in…
