ADAMS: Bill C-34 is mostly scaffolding, but still a threat to privacy and vulnerable kids
Carney’s Safe Social Media Act is mostly make-work for a commission that doesn’t exist yet.
Opinion & Editorials
Sharp, independent commentary offering analysis, argument, and perspective on Canadian domestic politics and public policy.
LOGSTRUP: The IGaming industrial complex
Doug Ford’s “safe, regulated” iGaming market became Canada’s fastest-growing addiction infrastructure, fuelled by offshore lobbyists, and paid for by Ontario’s youth.
ADAMS: The Safe Social Media Act will isolate LGBTQ youth
A national digital ID system won’t fix lazy parenting, but it will erase the only safe spaces some trans kids have.
ADAMS: Avi Lewis deserves credit for forcing the conversation on AI and affordability
New Democrats have spent the last decade reacting to other parties’ frames. On AI and consumer data, Avi Lewis has begun setting one of his own.
ADAMS: The Liberals don’t understand why Canadians distrust AI
Carney’s AI strategy ignores misinformation, job displacement, and corporate power, proving he’s out of touch with the very Canadians who voted for him.
EDITORIAL: Alberta’s pronoun consent rules are putting vulnerable kids in danger
Large-scale studies have measured what happens when schools stay silent or are hostile. The push for mandatory parental sign-off ignores those findings.
ANDRIULAITIS: Ottawa’s port privatization plan is a reckless gamble Canadians cannot afford
Risky divestiture plans raise serious questions on national security, taxpayer subsidies, and Canada’s strategic control
EDITORIAL: No, Minister, you may not search my phone
The Liberals have failed to make the case for sweeping new surveillance powers, and has given Canadians every reason to withhold their trust
EDITORIAL: The Liberals are about to learn that a do‑over won’t erase the stench
The Ontario Liberal Party MIGH do the smart thing and redo the Scarborough Southwest nomination. But don’t mistake a practical necessity for a moral awakening.
ADAMS: Scarborough Southwest proves the Ontario Liberals have a sickness they can’t hide
Ballot stuffing, assault, and a known pedophile: Scarborough Southwest is just the symptom. The Ontario Liberals are the sickness.